Summary:
Stanza 1: Wordsworth
feels lonely until he comes across a sight of many daffodils.
Stanza 2: <span>Wordsworth
describes the scene of daffodils in detail. </span>
Stanza 3: <span>Wordsworth
continues describing the daffodils, but also describes their effect on him. </span>
Stanza 4: Now,
when Wordsworth feels lonely be replays his encounter with the daffodils
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What does Wordsworth accomplish in this stanza?
Stanza 1: <span>He
shows how his mood
shifts from lonely to hopeful in the company of the daffodils.</span>
Stanza 2: He
vividly illustrates the daffodils in their glory.
Stanza 3: He
shows how nature can completely lift his mood.
Stanza 4: </span> <span><span><span><span>He shows that he can be jocund when
he’s lonely for he has that sacred memory.
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Quotations: Select phrases Wordsworth uses to describe
nature in the stanza.
Stanza 1:
He <span>describes
floating like a “lonely cloud”. </span>Then,
he sees and is uplifted by the "golden daffodils," "fluttering
and dancing in the breeze."
Stanza 2:
“And twinkle
on the milky way,”
“Along the
margin of a bay”
“Tossing
their heads in sprightly dance.”
Stanza 3:
“The waves
beside them danced;”
“ In such a
jocund company”
“What wealth
the show to me had brought.”
Stanza 4:
“Which is
the bliss of solitude;”
“And then my
heart with pleasure fills,”
“And dances
with the daffodils.”
How
do his words show his relationship with nature?
Stanza 1:
This stanza
shows that Wordsworth appreciates the beauty in nature because he details the
beautiful daffodils that helped bring him out of his somber mood.
Stanza 2:
The
stanza shows that Wordsworth appreciates the beauty in nature because he calls
them lively which has a positive connotation. He compares them to the beauty of
the milky way
Stanza 3:
The stanza
shows that Wordsworth appreciates the beauty in nature because he says that
daffodils are his happy place. He says that they have provided him with joys.
Stanza 4:
<span>The stanza
shows that Wordsworth appreciates the beauty in nature because he says that the
daffodils are what uplifts his spirits and that they’re his refuge. </span>
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