Hyperbole- exaggerated statement
Metaphor- to describe something as another thing
Personification- give something or an object human characteristic
Symbolism-using a representive figure to carry additional meaning
Simile-"like" or "as"

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.


1. "lonely as a cloud"
The poet used symbolism in this phrase.
The poet described his loneliness as the clouds in the sky which means that he/she is very lonely.


2. "A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

The poet used personification in this three lines.

The poet described the daffodils as a host that is everywhere beside the lake, beneath the trees dancing and fluttering like a person in the breeze.

3. "never-ending line", "the margin of a bay", "Ten thousand saw I at a glance"

The poet used hyperbole in this three phrases.

The poet is trying to say that there are so many stars in the sky that when he glance once he can see ten thousand of them and if they are in a line the line will be never-ending.

4. "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance"

The poet used personification here.

The poet is trying to say that the skies in the sky are tossing their head so wildly that cause the sparkling in th e sky.

5. "The waves beside them danced"

The poet used personification here.

The poet says that the high tides have caused the waves to look like they are dancing happily.

6. "And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils"

The poet used personification here.

The poet is trying to say that in a state of loneliness now, trying to imagine that you are accompanied by the natural surrounding will make you feel very happy.

I like this poem because it is easy to understand and it uses many figurative languages. This poem is trying to say that the person is so lonely that he thought of the natural surrounding being his companion the stars, the daffodils, the waves. This poem did not really emphasize on the effects of being lonely instead it emphasize on a person trying to make herself not lonely. The descriptions in the poem were clear and easy to understand. The ending of the poem and the beginning of the poem was completely opposite it begins with loneliness but it ends with happiness so it kind of give a little “twist” at the end which is nice.