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The Daffodils

by William WordsworthPresented by:Sara Dorgham

-200910985Habiba Abd elhamid

-201001990


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Outline:Who is William Wordsworth?

Poems atmosphere

Commentary

Theme

Sound devices

Figure speech

Conclusion


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Who is William

Wordsworth?


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Some of his major

works :-An evening walk ( 1793)

- Intimations of immortality (1806)

1807))- The world is too much withus

- The daffodils (1804)


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The Daffodils

AtmosphereWilliam Wordsworth wrote Daffodils on a stormyday in spring, while walking along with his sisterDorothy near Ullswater Lake, in England.

Dorothy Wordsworth, the younger sister ofWilliam Wordsworth, found the poem so

interesting that she took 'Daffodils' as thesubject for her journal.

The poem contains six lines in four stanzas, as

an appreciation of daffodils.


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The Daffodils: I wandered lonely as a cloudThat 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 shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance

The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gayIn such a jocund company:

I gazedand gazedbut little thought

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 eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude,

And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils


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Commentary

I wandered lonely as a cloudThat 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


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Commentary (Cont.)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


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Commentary (Cont.)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 gazedand gazedbut little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought


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Commentary (Cont.)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


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ThemeThe theme of the poem 'Daffodils' is a

collection of human emotions inspired bynature that we may have neglected due to our

busy lives. The daffodils imply beginning orrebirth for human beings, blessed with thegrace of nature. The arrival of daffodils in themonth of March is welcome and an enjoyable

time to appreciate them!


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Sound DevicesAlliteration:

lonely as a cloud (line 1).

high o'er vales and Hills (line 2).When all at once (line 3).

(Note that the w and o have the same

consonant sound.)golden Daffodils (line 4).Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,


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Conclusion

The poem paints images of lakes,fields, trees, stars in Ullswater.

Wordsworth continuously praises thedaffodils, comparing them to the MilkyWay galaxy (in the second stanza),their dance (in the third stanza) and inthe concluding stanza, dreams to jointhe daffodils in their dance.


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