![]() Romanticism was an artistic movement that spread across Europe in the late 18th century and lasted well into the 19th century. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a Romantic poet. The words, the figures, the metres, and the rhyme scheme together constitute a joyous tone, befitting the happy communion. So, as we continue our discussion of Wordsworth’s poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, we situate the poem in its historical moment. As a result, communion between the speaker and the daffodils is possible. Thus, the figures of speech have been very carefully used to suggest that the daffodils are large in number, they are living creatures, and they are happy and capable of giving company to man. The other simile in the poem "as the stars" has been used to imply both brightness and a huge number of daffodils. The word "company" has been used very significantly, in the same way, to transfer the life of human beings to the daffodils. The words "dancing" and "dance" are also used to imply the jovial and living nature of the daffodils. Similarly "a crowd" is a personification in which the qualities of a crowd have been transferred to the flowers indicating their huge number and their lively nature. The I-speaker has been compared to a piece of hovering cloud suggesting a passive mood and an empty mind. The poet here uses several figures of speech to create the suitable atmosphere and mood required for establishing a communion between the speaker and the daffodils symbolising nature. 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' (also commonly known as 'Daffodils') is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. There is no doubt that the poem springs from the personal experience of the poet but his first-person speaker presents the truth about na- nature's influence on man. The last eight lines have been used to describe the influence of that happy sight on the mind of the speaker, a man who discovers a communion between himself and nature. The first fourteen lines have been used to describe the daffodils and create their ecstatic mood. Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. The tetrameter verse lines ensure the smooth and spontaneous movement required for the creation of such a jovial atmosphere. Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.’ Explicator 57.3 (Spring 1999). They flutter, dance, and toss in the pleasant wind they are "gay" "jocund" and gleeful. The daffodils are of "golden" colour and they shine and sparkle. The poet has very carefully built up a happy and joyous atmosphere by selecting suitable objects, colours and moods. The couplet at the end of each stanza enhances spontaneity. Each of the stanzas consists of six verse lines rhyming ababcc. ![]() The poem is, therefore, about the influence of nature on the human mind.
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