RED TEXT is HYPERBOLE
ORANGE TEXT is PERSONIFICATION
GREEN TEXT is METAPHOR
BOLD TEXT is SIMILE
PURPLE TEXT is SYMBOLISATION
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud Lonely as a cloud has an 'as', so it is a simile.
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils; This is a metaphor as it is describing the daffodils.
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Daffodils don't dance. Exaggeration.
Continuous as the stars that shine This has an 'as', so it's a simile.
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line Lines have two ends.
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance, How does he count them so fast?
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. Daffodils don't have heads, so it is personification.
The waves beside them danced, but they Ummm.... waves can't dance, personification.
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company! Personification.
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought: The daffodils don't give him any money.
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils. The daffodils are a symbol for his inspiration.
Why I like this poem
This poem talks about how the author stumbles upon a large field of daffodils while wandering around as aimlessly and randomly as a cloud. The author also uses a lot of descriptive writing.
The writer is also very good at writing and expressing emotions and stuff like that. The poet also uses a very interesting rhyming method: ABABCC which makes the poem sound very rhythmic and also makes it sound almost musical, if it had a tune. The words also make images come to the front of your mind and makes it like watching a movie.
