In the poem I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wodsworth he used similes and metaphors to connect imagery with thoughts he used the poem to show use how his mood was transported from lonely to happy.Often known simply as ‘Daffodils’ or ‘The Daffodils’, William Wordsworth’s poem that begins ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ is, in many ways, is the English Romantic poem. Its theme is the relationship between the individual and the natural world, though the daffodils are obviously are the most memorable image from the poem. Here is the poem we should probably correctly call ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’, followed by a short analysis of its themes, meaning, and language.”I wandered lonely as a cloud… When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils.”,which uses personification to show how his feeling are changed merely by seeing flowers.
Another example is when the author talks about his feeling of loneliness and emptiness and how by just thinking about the daffodils, “my heart with pleasure fills.” This shows how his relationship with nature can get him out of the feelings of loneliness. He also talks about the vacancy that he feels and how the daffodils do fill the void.In conclusion, I would like to stress how William Wordsworth’s 1807 poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” beautifully incorporates the many subtleties and visions concerning poetry that were asserted in the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads. In order to fully understand “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, it is thus of great importance to know how Wordsworth sought poets to perceive and process feelings or which language is best to use in poetry.
By interpreting the poem in light of Wordsworth’s, at that time, revolutionary views, the strong dependence and connection of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” to the Preface becomes evident.
