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Daffodils The title coincides with the first line of the poem. The text starts with a focus on the personal subject pronoun “I” and the whole line underlines the concept of solitude since the adjective: LONELY is at the centre of the line. As if the poet were walking without a precise direction when “all at once” his attention was captured by a field of daffodils. The way the poet tells about the daffodils he saw, creates an immediate contrast between his solitude and the lively energy of the flowers. They are “a crowd”, “a host”, in addition, they are “golden”, and therefore they are precious. The lexical choice made underline the isolation of the poet in comparison with the daffodils he saw, not only are they many (“a crowd”, “a host”), they are also personified. The use of personification adds life to the flowers. Their dynamism is very well conveyed by the use of the progressive subject “fluttering” and “dancing”. The stylistic choice reinforces the energy of the flowers and again the use of both verbs adds to their energy and of course to the energy of Nature. The first sestet therefore introduce the poet’s situation: he is alone in clear communion with nature. Right from the start, the key features of Romantic poetry are displayed by the text and the reader is plunged into nature. The first stanza exploits the semantic field of Nature (cloud, vales, hills, daffodils, lake, trees, breeze) and exposes the energy of Nature through semantic choices and personification: nature looks and sounds stronger than the poet and he is fascinated and involved by the scene. The second stanza continuous the description of the scene the poet has in front of his eyes: he convey the effect of the emotions he feels before that pleasant scenery. He insist on giving the idea the flowers are full with power and they are many: the daffodils are “continuous as the stars that shine” and therefore again the flowers are many and really beautiful to see (“golden”). Beside once more they “twinkle”, they “stretched”, “in neverending line”. The multiplicity of the flowers stands in all its beauty in front of the solitude of the poet. Line 11 underlines the effect: the linguistic deviation helps the poet to place the second subject pronoun “I” at the centre of the line. It follows that the reader can perceive the situation from the poet’s paint of view and as a result, the reader also perceives the strength, power and energy of nature. As it happened in the previous stanza, the second sestet ends with a progressive aspect that again also focuses the attention on the motion of the flowers that is now compared to a “sprightly dance”. Not only is there a clear conference in the scenery description, there is also involvement on the part of the poet and of the reader, too. Therefore, the poem insists on conveying/ communicating the strong and pleasant effect of Nature on the poet. In the third sestet such effect becomes the central part of reflection: indeed here the poet’s emotions becomes the focus of the line and they show he is “gay” in “a jocund company”. The lines seem not to distinguish between the person of the poet and the elements of Nature that is once again personified (“company”). The sestet underlines the poet’s reaction: the poet is totally involved and to tell the truth, he says “I gazed – and gazed” because his sight is totally captured by the scene and he could not think (“little thought”) so emotionally taken was he. The point is a key point, typical of Romantic poetry: feelings and emotions seem to come first and reason seems to have a secondary position. But the poet underlines how such pleasant emotion was able to bring him “wealth” in future situations. Therefore, the poem provides an explanation of the way poetry “takes its origin from emotions recollected in tranquillity”. The last stanza offers the clear explanation of how the process of composing poetry takes place. The poet says that when he lies on his couch and is in “vacant or pensive mood” he is able to see the beautiful scenery of his previous experience as a sudden vision (“they flash upon that inward eye”) and this happens thanks to “that inward eye” that is imagination. Imagination is indeed the key word of all Romantic poetry and is considered “the bliss of solitude”, a bliss that allows the poet to be filled with pleasure and metaphorically to “dance with the daffodils”, therefore he is no longer alone. The poem embodies all the ideas behind Romantic poetry as they were expressed in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads and is coherent with its message....