In his poem, William Wordsworth uses the lake as a mirror to reflect the night stars and to reflect the dancing daffodils. Precisely, in the second stanza of the poem, he likens the flowers to the stars that continuously shine, and “twinkle on the Milky Way” (Wordsworth). Furthermore, dancing daffodils are described as “stretched in never-ending line” (Wordsworth). It means that Wordsworth exaggerates the number of daffodils he saw and the reflections from the lake which exaggerated the real population. Strikingly, there is a perfect use of imagery in the poem to show an audience the real picture of daffodil flowers. For instance, the poet describes daffodil flowers as, “A host of golden daffodils” (Wordsworth). In essence, the poet uses the sense of sight to create a large number of daffodils near a lake, in addition to showing how the plant is appealing to the eye.
Moreover, the poet has used personification to make nature sound like a person. The last line of the first stanza expresses this poetic device explicitly. Wordsworth gives the daffodils a characteristic of birds by assigning them the fluttering feature (Wordsworth). He also assigns the plants a human aspect of dancing (Wordsworth). Again, in the first and second lines of the third stanza, the poet uses personification. He writes, “The waves beside them danced, but they outdid the sparkling waves in glee” (Wordsworth). Indeed, the poet gives the human dancing mannerism to the waves the same way he did to daffodils.
The last stanza of Woodsworth’s poem carries a special meaning to the audience about the entire literary work. This fourth stanza explains the importance of the beauty of nature to Wordsworth’s life. He says that whenever he lies on his bed, the flowers flash upon his inner-eye (Wordsworth). Therefore, the daffodils have become part of his memory whenever he is lonely. Clearly, daffodils are special to the poet in a manner that his heart is appeased whenever he thinks of them.
Work Cited
Wordsworth, William. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” Poets.org, Web.