The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth is about a man who is wandering around very lonely and he comes to a field of golden daffodils. He admires the beauty of the daffodils, and they give him good company for his lonelyness. One peotic device used in this poem is similes when the author says, "I wandered lonely as a cloud. . ." where he compares his lonelyness to a cloud, and also when he says, "Continuous as the stars that shine. . ." where he compares the continuous flowing daffodils to the shinning stars. Other poetic devices in this poem are rhyme scheme, using ABABCC throughout each stanza, and imagery throughout the whole poem. One example of this imagery is when the author describes how he comes to a host of golden daffodils, and he says how they are, "Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. . ." and he describes exactly what this field of daffodils is like in your head. Lastly, the author uses personification when he says the daffodils are, "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. . ." Dancing is a human quality, and daffodils are not human and cannot dance. My feelings towards this poem are that is was not the best poem I have read, but it was not bad and I liked how he used imagery and created detailed pictures in your head. Overall, I enjoyed reading this poem and I would like to read more poetry by William Wordsworth.
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