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1. Biography of William
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I. Introduction
1. Biography of William Wordsworth
2. Setting and background information of the poem
3. Summary main content of the poem
III. Conclusion
I. Introduction
1. Biography of William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is probably the most famous of the romantic British poet.
William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake
District, United Kingdom. His father was John Wordsworth, Sir James Lowther's attorney.
The magnificent landscape deeply affected Wordsworth's imagination and gave him a love of
nature. He lost his mother when he was eight and five years later his father. The domestic
problems separated Wordsworth from his beloved and neurotic sister Dorothy, who was a
very important person in his life.
Wordsworth made his debut as a writer in 1787 when he published a sonnet in The European
Magazine. He was greatly excited by the French Revolution (1789), seeing in it the chance
for whole new order in the world.
Revolutionary passion in France made a powerful impact on Wordsworth, who returned there
in November 1791. He wanted to improve his knowledge of the French language. His
experience in France just after the French Revolution (1789) reinforced his sympathy for
common people and his belief in political freedom. Wordsworth fell passionately in love with
a French girl, Annette Vallon. She gave birth to their daughter in December 1792. However,
Wordsworth had spent his limited funds and was forced to return home. The separation left
him with a sense of guilt that deepened his poetic inspiration and resulted in an important
theme in his work of abandoned women.
When the French Revolution turned tyranny and England declared war in France, he suffered
mental anguish that brought him near to collapse. His idea was divided between England and
France, the collapse of ta revolution that had seemed so noble and liberal tormented him and
hi child and his mother were beyond his reach in France. Guilt and confusion threatened to
engulf Wordsworth, and he was helped to recovery largely through the influence of his sister
Dorothy. Its sometimes said that all great authors are at war with themselves and that great
literature is born out of internal conflict, Wordsworth suggests the truth of the idea.
In his early years he wrote a significant amount of poetry by which he is remembered and
much of his best works was written by 1807.
In 1843 he succeeded Robert Southey (1774-1843) as England's poet laureate.
love life, love freedom as his breathing and are portrayed as symbols of freedom desire of
simple people.
In this poem the poet describes his experience of the sight of a host of
daffodils during a lonely walk, the daffodils delight him with her beauty
and their sprightly dance. He says they seem as numerous as the stars
that shine in the sky. He also remarks on the beauty of the lake nearby,
but adds that even its sparkling waves are not so exuberant as the yellow
daffodils dancing in the breeze. His feeling are depressed, thinking of
daffodils cgeers him up.
change in the mood of the author. It is the nature that turn his loneliness and solitude into
happiness and enjoyment of life. This poem brings the message: the nature has great effect on
man and can lift the man out of sorrow and misery.
Stanza 1st : The poet is wandering lonely and he suddenly encounters an immense field of
golden daffodils. The flowers are dancing and fluttering in the wind which creates a very
beautiful scene.
Stanza 2nd: , he continued describing daffodils:
The golden daffodils were compared with the stars shining and twinkling on the galaxy. The
poet depicted the beauty and happy movement of the daffodils.
Stanza 3rd:
These light-hearted daffodils, weaving in unison with each other in the wind. The author
compared them with waves. William lifted him out of his soul and placed him in a higher
state in which the soul of nature and the soul of man were united into a single harmony. The
author felt dazed with so many daffodils around him and there was no limitation between his
vision and the long belt of golden flowers and happy and pleasant when he saw golden
flowers smiling in the sunshine.
Many years later, the daffodils beauty still haunted Wordsworth. Whether he stayed in empty
or thoughtful mood, the images of daffodils came to mind and flashed upon his eyes:
Stanza 4th: It is revealed that this scene is only a memory of the pensive speaker.
Contemplation of nature is the main source of happiness to the poet when he is said and no
longer in direct contact with nature. The memory of daffodils was etched in the authors mind
and soul forever. When the poet was feeling lonely, dull or depressed, he thought of daffodils
and cheered up. He desired to dance with the daffodils
2.2. Personification
Personification is one of many figures of speech used in the poem The
daffodils. It appears throughout the poem and contributes to make the
poem become livelier and more soulful.
they were stretching along the edge of the lake. Daffodils are similar to
human, can act Tossing their heads and understand sprightly dance.
"Sprightly" means happily or merrily. Its showes us the daffodils seem to
be extremely happy and joyful when dancing in the breeze.
Moving to the third stanza, we can see the 2 first lines:
The wave beside them danced; but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:
When the poet looks at the wave in the lake, he sees the dancing wave.
One of the important words we need to explain is the verb dance. One
more time in this poem, dance is used again. In this line, the poet used
this verb for the action of the wave in the lake to show that even the wave
in the lake is very happy and in good emotion like the daffodils. This is the
figures of speech of personification: the wave has the action like human.
And then, personification is continuously used in the next line with the
word glee. In Wordsworths poem, the objectives such as wave or
daffodils all have their own feelings; in particular, they are all in glee.
Moreover, he even sees the glee of daffodils is stronger than waves. The
personification here is to emphasize the joy and the beauty of daffodils;
besides, this expression also helps continue the change in feelings of the
poet: from loneness to happiness.
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
In the line In such a jocund company, the writer described the happiness
by the figure of speech of personification. This is expressed by the phrase
of a jocund company. Daffodils now are happy and joyful as people.
Especially, in this stanza the word company, brings him together with
nature, with the experience, a bonding if you will that can never be
separated. William lifted him out of his soul and placed him in a higher
state in which the soul of nature and the soul of man were united into a
but he means that believing in God and thinking about his greatness; give
us a comfortable life.
2.3.2 Hyperbole
A hyperbole is a figure of speech where exaggeration is used for emphasis
or effect. In the poem "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth the author
describes not only the daffodils beauty but also their endless number. It is
showed clearly in sentences:
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration for effect. The flowers filled an entire
field. They were continuous, they stretched in a never-ending line, and
he thought he saw Ten thousand of them at a single glance. Some could
say that these are terms of hyperbole because it would be impossible to
find a field of 10,000 daffodils in real life. At least through these words,
Wordsworth paints an image in the readers mind of what such a place
would look like. Whether or not the actual field he saw that inspired this
poem held this many flowers doesnt matter. And who could make the
time to count them, anyway?
The flowers toss their hands while dancing to the wind. By heads I think he means the part of
the flower with the petals, the weight of which causes the rest of the flower to bob. It creates
a sense of harmonious relationship between the daffodils and the wave.
And dances with the Daffodils
His heart is set to dancing, just like the flowers. He dances along "with" them they are his
cheerful companions once again. Dance refers that this harmony is advanced to include the
poet himself.
2.4.2. Apostrophe
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils
The poet apostrophizes daffodils and describes them in their number as a crowd of people.
In such a jocund company
The poet addresses the flowers as human beings and describes them as a happy company of
good friends.
III. Conclusion
In conclusion, Wordsworth used different techniques to convey the mood
of the poem, and also makes it more interesting. He also wanted express
message to the reader that some simple pleasures can heal a lonely
heart, make yourself happy. Sometimes you just have to look around, slow
down, dont be too catch up with the pace of the busy world, and simple
pleasures are right there waiting to be discover.