Daffodils POETRY ANALYSIS POETIC DEVICES DEFINE Alliteration Metaphor

Daffodils POETRY ANALYSIS

POETIC DEVICES – DEFINE! � Alliteration � Metaphor � Simile � Personification � Hyperbole � Repetition � Rhyme Scheme

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH � I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced, but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not be but gay, In such a jocund company! I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: 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.

VOCABULARY MATCHING � � � to wander To flutter A breeze The Milky way The margin A glance Sprightly direction Vacant movements To gaze Pensive Solitude a light wind the edge of a place or thing the state of being completely alone done with a lot of energy to look for a long time seeming to be thinking carefully to travel without a particular to move with quick, light a quick looking as if you do not understand a group of stars and planets

ANSWERS � � � to wander To flutter A breeze alone The Milky way The margin A glance carefully Sprightly direction Vacant movements To gaze Pensive understand Solitude a light wind the edge of a place or thing the state of being completely done with a lot of energy to look for a long time seeming to be thinking to travel without a particular to move with quick, light a quick looking as if you do not a group of stars and planets

RHYME SCHEME �I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Work out the rhyme scheme for this stanza

�I wandered lonely as a cloud A That floats on high o'er vales and hills, B When all at once I saw a crowd, A A host, of golden daffodils; B Beside the lake, beneath the trees, C Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. C

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE simile �I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Find at least TWO other words that make daffodils look human. personification

6 � Continuous as the stars that shine simile And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: hyper Ten thousand saw I at a glance, bole Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. personification What tone does this picture create?

� The waves beside them danced, but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not be but gay, personifi cation In such a jocund company! I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: Repetition. What does it emphasise? What does the poet NOT appreciate enough at this stage?

� For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, metaphor They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. metaphor

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QUESTIONS � 1. What was the poet’s mood before he saw the daffodils? � � 2. What words does the poet use to create a joyful mood? 3. In what way is the contrast between the poet and the daffodils developed? 4. How does the poet use tenses to show the long-lasting effect the daffodils have had on him? 5. What is the main message of the poem?