Flowers in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"

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This paper elucidates on Wordsworth's choice of words and also on the greater profound concept that he is trying to depict to his readers. The first part of the paper explains the poem showing how Wordsworth eloquently uses figurative language, imagery, and personification to describe a scenic display of daffodils. The second part of the paper offers an in-depth analysis of the poem, examining the concept of the futility of the individual when compared to the collective good of society, as shown in the context of man versus nature.

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"In stanza 3, Wordsworth compares the daffodils to another natural image, waves. "The waves beside them danced; but they / Outdid the sparkling waves in glee" (13-14). He personifies both the daffodils and the waves to "dance," again suggesting the ability of both to work as one, but here we also see that Wordsworth decides that the daffodils make much more of an impression on him than the waves. Both objects work in unison, but the difference between the two is that when Wordsworth looks at the waves he only sees one object. When he looks at the daffodils he sees "ten thousand" objects! The waves lack strength in numbers, which is the one aspect of the daffodils which impresses Wordsworth the most; the fact that these "ten thousand" separate things can unite and "dance" so beautifully together."

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