The daffodils by William Wordsworth I wondered 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 the 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 but be 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. 1 Poet: William Wordsworth (The Lake Poets) Forms: the poem is a sonnet, consist of four six-line stanzas Rhythm: He arranges his poem in lines of iambic tetrameter in the main with alternation of iambic trimeter. Rhyme: ababcc “cloud” (a), “hills” (b), “crowd” (a), “daffodils” (b), “trees” (c), “breeze” (c) Subject: express his deep love toward nature and the importance of memories. Comment: The poet is very cheerful with recalling the beautiful sights. In the poem on the beauty of nature, the reader is presented a vivid picture of lively and lovely daffodils and poet’s philosophical 哲学ideas and mystical thoughts. Rhetorical Device： 修辞手法 Alliteration头韵 in line 2，line 5 Personification 拟人in line 12 Simile 明喻 in line 1 convey to us his lonely and melancholy 郁闷 mood with the image of “cloud”. assonance 半谐音in line 5，line 9 consonance 和音in line 2 2 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/895f533a27c52cc58bd63186bceb19e8b8f6ec27.html