Question

? In the first line of the poem, the poet likens himself to a natural object, a cloud. In contrast, the last line of the second stanza, "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance," personifies daffodils, which are natural objects. What do these two devices together suggest? harmony between humans and nature harmony between clouds and daffodils conflict between humans and nature conflict within a human mind

Answer 1

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 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.