"The Daffodils" which is also commonly known as "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a poem by William Wordsworth.
This poem was inspired by an April 15,1802 event in which Wordsworth and his sister,Dorothy,came across a "long belt" of daffodils.Written in 1804,it was first published in 1807 in Poems in Two Volumes,and a revised version was released in 1815,which is more commonly known.
The poem is a sonnet,24 lines long,consisting of four six-line stanzas.Each stanza is formed by a quatrain,then a couplet,to form a sestet and an ABABCC rhyme scheme.Like most works by Wordsworth,this poem is also romantic in nature.
The poem is littered with emotionally strong words,such as "golden","dancing" and "bliss".
The plot of the poem is simple.Wordsworth believed it "an elementary feeling and simple expression".The speaker is wandering as if among the clouds,viewing a belt of daffodils,next to a lake whose beauty is overshadowed.
Personification is used within the poem,particularly with regards to the flowers themselves,and the whole passage consists of images appearing within the mind of the poet.
William Wordsworth used personification to express his love of nature and the importance of memories
