I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - An AnalysisI chose the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by Williamworth because I loves the images of dancing daffodils. Upon closer inspection, I realized that most of these images are created by the many metaphors and uses of similes. In the first line, Worth says "I wandered alone like a cloud." It is a simile comparing a man's wonder to a cloud drifting in the sky. I guess the wandering cloud is lonely because there's nothing that high in the sky besides it. It can go unnoticed, without touching anything. Also, the image of a cloud evokes a kind of light and carefree wandering. The cloud is not limited by any obstacle, but can go wherever the whim of the wind takes it. The next line of the poem says: “I saw a crowd, a multitude of golden daffodils.” Hereworth uses a metaphor to compare the daffodils to a crowd of people and a multitude of angels. The word crowd conjures up the image of daffodils chatting among themselves, leaning their heads close together in the wind. The word host makes them look like their golden petals are sparkling like golden halos on angels. Interestingly, daffodils have a circular edge of petals in the middle that might resemble a halo. Later in the poem, Worth uses another simile, saying that the dance of the daffodils in the wind is "continuous like the stars that shine and twinkle in the Milky Way." This line creates the image of wind blowing the tops of random daffodils up and down at random, so that they appear to glow momentarily as their faces catch the sun. This goes along with the following metaphor of the daffodils “shaking their heads in a playful dance.” Comparing their movement to a dance also makes me think of swirling, rustling yellow skirts moving in harmony. It's also interesting how the first image of the wandering cloud contrasts sharply with the second image of the dancing daffodils..