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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : The Daffodils by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)



manal232
02-02-2008, 04:12 PM
The Daffodils by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
"Daffodils" (1804)
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;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine


And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they


Out-did 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:
For oft, when on 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.

By William Wordsworth (1770-1850).

manal232
02-02-2008, 04:13 PM
Theme:
The poem is essentially a comment on the pleasure Wordsworth obtained from solitary observation. His use of the word 'lonely' would not have the same meaning as ours. He enjoys being alone thinking of the greatness of our God represented by what he gifts to us such as, the universe, daffodils and sun. The poem is consisted of four stanzas. ( ababcc dedeff, etc.)

1- I wandered 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; = crowd of people
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. = gentle wind

When the poet is wandering as a single cloud in the sky which rises high over valleys and hills, he sees a group of fantastic golden daffodils under the trees, near the lake and a gentle wind is moving them so they seem as if they were dancing.
Simile: as a cloud: He likens himself to a lonely cloud.
Personification: crowd of daffodils – dance: he gives the daffodils human qualities.
Symbols: 1- dance refers to the rhythm of the universe; Round dancing, refers to the sun's course in the heavens and to the eternal movement of the universe. 2- Golden round daffodils: refer to the sun itself, the sacred sun of honest wisdom, superior and noble.
Alliteration: as – a/ high – hills/ all- at –a /
Visual image: the image of the beautiful daffodils dancing under the trees.

2- Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay: = edge
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing ترفع بحركة مفاجئة their heads in sprightly dance. = actively

The movement of the daffodils is continuous and eternal like the movement of the stars. The daffodils spread along the edge of the bay and seem that they have no ending ( exactly like the stars in the sky ), In one look, the poet sees thousand of them dancing actively.
Metaphor: milky way: He means the heavens and universe.
Simile: as the stars: he likens the daffodils to the stars in the sky.
Visual image: the image of the endless daffodils dancing along the bay.
Symbols: The stars, messengers of the gods, the eyes of night, and hope, toss their 'head,' the seat of both our intelligence and folly, honor and dishonor. Personification: the daffodils are tossing their heads (human quality).

3- The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: =shining in delight
A poet could not but be gay, = very pleasant
In such a jocund company: = مرحة رفقة
I gazed - and gazed - but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

The waves of the lake's water are also dancing and shining in delight with the daffodils. As a result, the poet himself feels so happy, as if he transferred to another spiritual world which gives him a wealth of mental relief.
Personification: the waves can't dance like humans. Visual image: the image of the waves dancing in delight. Metaphor: wealth: he doesn't mean having money but he means that believing in God and thinking about his greatness; give us a comfortable life. Symbols: the waves refer to the fade and flow of life.



4- For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood, = thinking mood
They flash upon that inward eye = internal
Which is the bliss of solitude; = the highest level of happiness
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Lying on a couch in a thinking mood could easily be a way to describe a meditative state where the forces of the universe and our connection with the continual movement, and our powerful God. This all make his being solitude, a happy situation to him; so his heart feels pleasant and begins to dance with the daffodils. Metaphor: inward eye: he means his mind and thoughts.
Symbols: "And dances with the Daffodils." Refers to the dance of angels round the throne of God.
Visual image: the poet lying on his couch and feeling pleasant.
Personification: The heart can't dance

مــلك الحرف
02-02-2008, 04:47 PM
My sister

thanks for that nice poem

i really like it

waiting for ur next poem

ناقد
18-06-2008, 08:39 PM
اولا ... شكرا اختنا منال ... فالقصيدة و شرحها ممتعين...
و لكن عندي ملاحظة بسيطة على بعض نقاط الشرح... و ان شاء الله نستفيد جميعنا



being alone thinking of the greatness of our God represented by what he gifts to us such as, the universe, daffodils and sun


believing in God and thinking about his greatness
لازم نعرف جميعنا ان William Wordsworth كان وجودي، اي طبائعي بالإنجليزي يسمونه naturalist or Pantheist ... فهو لا يؤمن بالإله الذي يؤمن به نصارى قومه... بل يقول ان الله حل في كل مكان... و في كل شيء خلقه...بكلمات اخرى... الطبيعة (Nature) هي ربه. و بالتالي لا نستطيع ان نعزو الى قصائده كلمة رب، بل فقط "الطبيعة" موضحين ايضا أن الشاعر كان طبائعي، غير نصراني...

و تشكرين مرة ثانية على الشرح الممتع

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witboy86
05-07-2008, 03:09 AM
Words worth uses two opposit idea in his poem

first:the idea of roaming the the clouds in the sky lonly and slowly

second:the idea of dancing daffodils energeticly and in group

in the final line the poet shows his attitude by saying that

the dancing of daffodils energeticly mekes me writing better and feel comfortable opposit to the slow wandering of clouds


thanks mate for this subject