LA Assignment: Figurative Language

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by 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 leaves 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.

>I wandered as lonely as a cloud
This line shows the usage of simile. The author uses this statement to describe that the he is exploring, feeling lonely just like a cloud, all on its own.

>A host, of golden daffodils; Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
This line here is a usage of personification. Here it shows that the golden daffodils are happy and joyful.

>Continous as the stars that shine, and twinkle on the milky way
This line makes use of a simile. It shows that there is an a abundance of golden daffodils, dancing in the breeze.

>Ten thousand saw I at a glance,tossing their heads in a sprightly dance.
This line is using personification. It represents the golden daffodils dancing in harmony with joy.

I like this poem because it shows an extensive use of simile and personification to describe the golden daffodils. It has a unique pattern of rhyming which is similiar for each paragraph- the 1st line and the 3rd line, the 2nd and 4th line and lastly the 5th line and the 6th line. Cool isn't it? The whole poem to me symbolises something and each paragraph tells a different part of a story. Its shows a person feeling lonely and gloom who saw a group of people so joyful and actually gives him a new perspective to life and he himself becomes joyful. To me I find this extremely meaningful and that is why I like this poem.