About the Poet William Wordsworth was a great English romantic poet. Born at Cockermouth in the year 1770, he spent his childhood amidst nature. He was sent to St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1787. He is known to be ”The Poet of Nature” and co-founder of England’s Romantic Movement. 'The Solitary Reaper', 'Resolution and Independence', 'Lines Written in Early Spring' are some of his famous works. He wrote sonnest, odes,long meditative pieces, short lyrics and narratives. Wordsworth was Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.
Central Idea of the Poem
'Daffodils' is a beautiful poem by William Wordsworth. It depits the poet's wandering and his discovery of a field of daffodils by a lake, the memory of which pleases him and comforts him when he is lonely. He tells how the sight of golden daffodils gives him joy when he is in solitude. The poet comes across a host of golden daffodils beside the lake and beneath the tress. Their tossing in the breeze has been compared with dancing in merriment. He also compares the daffodils with the twinkling stars on the Milky Way, spread unendingly along the edge of the bay. He feels that the waves of daffodils rippling in the breeze are better than he sparkling waves in the lake. This spectacle made such an everlasting impression in the poet's mind that whenever the poet lays down on his couch, either in a lonely or pensive mood, the splendour of the daffodils flashes through his mind and fills his heart with euphoric pleasure.