William Wordsworth’s “The Daffodils”

                                                           The Daffodils

William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth’s “The Daffodils” is a famous poem of Romantic age. He believes that nature is superior to everything. He thinks that nature has solution to all the problem of humans. The poem is written in simple language in four stanza six line format. It is in first person narration where he remembers his encounter with thousands of Daffodils.

The speaker is walking alone like a cloud which moves over high hills and valleys according to the movement of the wind. It indicates the writer is alone and he is wandering without any purpose. Suddenly he sees thousands of yellow daffodils dancing in breeze beside the lake and under the trees. Now the poet has his attention on the flowers.

The Poet compares the view of the daffodils with the shiny stars on the Milky Way. The enormous numbers of daffodils are spreading along the margin of a bay of the lake.  He sees more than ten thousands of flowers dancing to the movement of the wind.

The waves in the lake also danced along with the flowers. But the movement of waves are not attractive.  Wordsworth says a poet will definitely feel happy in such a cheerful company. The lonely poet now finds companion of daffodils and waves. He keeps on looking at those flowers.  That thought of looking at those beautiful flowers brought him great happiness.

The poet often lies on his couch in empty or in deep thinking mood. During such times the images of daffodils flash on his mind. The images of the flowers fill his heart with happiness. This leads his heart to dance with the daffodils.