I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud- Figurative Language

Analysis: Despite the shortness in length of this poem, it sends different tones through each of the lines. Within the first two lines the author sends off the tone of “a cloud” or himself being passive, “floats on high o’er vales and hills”, and lonesome, “I WANDERED lonely” making we readers feel almost hopeless. I interpreted this as him (or I in this poem) not looking up to Christ in one of the main character’s hardships. “When all at once I saw a crowd,” I think of this is as God and the Heavens outreaching towards the suffering man. Daffodils, I suppose, symbolize something happy or joyful, hence the following line, “A host, of golden daffodils;” and this would represent a glorious sensation of rejoice that this person must be feeling by the presence of God. This feeling is resembled in the readers eyes as well. In the final two lines, it is saying how these daffodils are everywhere, “Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” When you’re in touch with Christ, He is always everywhere for everyone, even places not seen, for example the “breeze”, “beneath the trees” and, “beside the lake”. These last lines are written with the tone of inspiration and delight.