martes, 8 de septiembre de 2009

Daffodils - a poem by William Wordsworth


In Wordsworth’s poem is easily to find nature elements. One of them are those beautiful Daffodils. But what do they represent? Clearly, the golden and striking flowers mean joy, and seem to be part of heaven. The poet is delighted by Daffodils at the moment to watch them over the hills. In this sense, the poet and nature have a magical connection. What nature provokes him is a love, happiness and astonishment manifestation, before so wonderful spectacle of beauty. And this is reflected on the stanza “A poet could not be but gay, in such a jocund company!” However, it is weird to find a happy poet. In fact, people are used to look poets as melancholic and solitary persons, but this sentence clarifies and demonstrates that poets do feel happiness and rejoicing. In short, anything that belongs to nature and life itself, the poet uses these to build his poetic imaginary; and simple flowers such as Daffodils are part of it.

1 comentario:

Clau dijo...

Paulina, first of all this post deadline was Sunday, please try to write your comment with time.
Why do you think the stanza "a poet could not be but gay, in such a jocund company" is a reflection of happy feelings? Is the gay community happy? Were gay people happy at that time?
Daffodils seem fragile and cheerful at the same time...as well as life.
Do you agree? Why?


Take care,

claudia