Question

Where does William Wordsworth state the central idea of his entire poem? 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 a 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.

Answer 1

In this poem, William Wordsworth states the central idea of his entire poem on the last lines: "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." His poem mentions loneliness (I wandered lonely as a cloud) but that this has opened a new world that he has imagined - something that he could only have done when he is "In vacant, or in pensive mood". This leads to a realization of his acceptance and gratefulness towards solitude and reflects his life to the past and present of his memory.

Answer 2

In the final stanza I got it correct :)