The Daffodils

by William Wordsworth
Task 1: Match up the poetic techniques to their descriptions.

This is a figure of speech in which a writer describes

something by comparing it to something else. The words ‘as’
onomatopoeia or ‘like’ will be a big clue.

This is a figure of speech in which a writer describes

alliteration something by comparing it to a person.

This is a figure of speech in which something or someone is

metaphor
described as being something else.

stanza This is when a word sounds like the noise it makes. Snap!
Crackle! Pop!

simile
This word describes groups of lines in a poem. Sometimes,
it’s called a verse.
personification
This is when words begin with the same sound or letters.
Task 2: Complete the grid below, finding examples from the poem.
personification simile alliteration metaphor
Poetic technique Meaning Example from the poem
using words that
start with the
same sound, e.g.
silver sky

comparing two
things and saying
that they are the
same, e.g. the
house was a prison
comparing two
things, using like or
as, e.g. as white as
snow

comparing
something to a
human being, e.g.
the wind sighed
sadly