1、1The daffodils by William WordsworthI wondered lonely as a cloud That floats on high oer 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 w
2、ay, They stretched in the 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 gayIn such a jocund company;I gazed-and gazed-but little t
3、hought What wealth the show to me had brought : For oft, when on my couch I liein 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.2Poet: William Wordsworth (The Lake Poets)Forms: the poem
4、 is a sonnet, consist of four six-line stanzasRhythm: He arranges his poem in lines of iambic tetrameter in the main with alternation of iambic trimeter.Rhyme: ababcc “cloud” (a), “hills” (b), “crowd” (a), “daffodils” (b), “trees” (c), “breeze” (c)Subject: express his deep love toward nature and the
5、 importance of memories.Comment: The poet is very cheerful with recalling the beautiful sights. In the poem on the beauty of nature, the reader is presented a vivid picture of lively and lovely daffodils and poets philosophical 哲学 ideas and mystical thoughts.Rhetorical Device： 修辞手法Alliteration 头韵 in line 2，line 5Personification 拟人 in line 12Simile 明喻 in line 1 convey to us his lonely and melancholy 郁闷 mood with the image of “cloud”.assonance 半谐音 in line 5， line 9consonance 和音 in line 2
