Presentation By:

Akashdeep Singh
Computer Faculty
Govt. Secondary School,
Pandori Ran Singh, Tarn Taran
 William Wordsworth
• Born 1770 at Cockermouth, his boyhood was
happy, he could roam among the fields of his
beloved countryside, in company with nature and
the books, he loved.
• Sent to St. John College, Cambridge 1987, but
subsequently attracted by hopes born of the
French revolution, lived for some with in France
returning in 1792 subsequently settled down at
Alfoxden, but for the last fifty years of his life
lived at Dove Cottage.
• He married in 1802, appointed to sinecure office,
bringing in an income of £ 500 a year in 1813.
• Died 1850.
 The
Daffodils
William Wordsworth
 Wordsworth’s ‘The
Daffodils’
is a beautiful lyric
written by william
wordsworth.
Wordsworth is
regarded as the
greatest poet of nature
in English poetry. He is
a great lover of nature.
The beautiful objects of
nature attract him. He
 “The Daffodils”
• Shows poet’s love of nature. It
expresses his joy in the object of
nature. The sight of the daffodils
growing along the banks of a lake
fills his heart with great joy. Its
memory gives him the same joy
which he felt at their sight.
I Wander’d 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 :
Besides that lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

The poet says that one day he was wondering all alone. He was
like a lonely cloud floating high in the sky over valleys and hills.
All of a sudden, he saw a large numbers of yellow coloured
daffodils. They were growing along the banks of a lake under the
trees. These beautiful flowers were moving and swinging in the
wind. It seemed as if they were dancing with joy. They presented
a sight of beauty and joy
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretch’d in a never ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in a sprightly dance.

The poet says that the daffodils grew like

the stars that shine in the milky way of the
sky. They extended in a long line on the
bank of the lake. He saw a large number of
daffodils moving their heads in the breeze
as if they were dancing in a joyful mood
The waves beside them danced , but they
Outdid 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.

In these lines, the poet says that the

daffodils brought to him more joy than that
given by the dancing waves. He felt as if he
had been in the jolly company of friends.
He looked again at the daffodils. He did not
feel at that time that the scene of the
daffodils had brought him an immense
wealth of joy.
 For oft, when 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

In these lines, the poet says that whenever he lies on his bed
in a sad or thoughtful mood, the memory of the daffodils
shine before his mind and fills his heart with great pleasure.
When the poet recalls the scene of the daffodils, he feels very
much excited. He begins to feel as if his heart was dancing
with the daffodils. In short, the sight of the daffodils has
become a source of delight to the poet.
Summary of the Poem Daffodils
• The poet was wondering all alone. He was as lonely as a single cloud in the
sky. All of a sudden, he saw a large number of daffodils. They were golden
coloured and very beautiful. They were growing on the bank of a lake. A
gentle breeze was blowing. The daffodils were waving and dancing in it. The
poet felt them dancing out of joy. There were thousand of them. Their long
line seemed to be endless. They were as many as the shining stars that twinkle
in the milky way. The poet saw numberless daffodils at a glance. The waves
in the lake were also dancing joyfully. But the poet considered the daffodils
happier than the waves.
• In such a happy company of daffodils the poet could not help feeling happy.
He went on looking at them. He was wonder-struck at their beauty and
happiness. He was lost in their happiness. But he did not realise then that the
beautiful scene would prove to be a source of permanent joy for him.
• The memory of beautiful sight of the daffodils has become a source of
permanent joy for the poet. Whenever he lies on his bed in a sad mood, the
scene of the daffodils comes before him. It gives him great pleasure. He
becomes so happy that his heart seems to dance with the dancing daffodils.
His heart is filled with the happiness of the daffodils. His sorrow gives way to
happiness. Thus, the memory of the daffodils comforts his troubled heart.