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William Wordsworth - Coggle Diagram

- - - - In his poetry, he described the EMOTIONS and EFFECTS of the contact between people and nature.
        
        Believed that man and nature are inseparable
        
        Nature:
        
        gives comfort,
        
        is a source of joy and pleasure.
        
        teaches people how to live well.
        
        is connected to a divine spirit.
      - DAFFODILS:
        is a poem by Wordsworth that shows his love for nature.
        It records the moment he went for a walk with his sister Dorothy in the Lake District.
        
        RHYME SCHEME: the rhyme scheme is ABABCC in all stanzas
        
        The poet was wandering in the countryside when he saw a FIELD OF DAFFODILS under the trees near the lake. The nature is in joy, the wind moves the flowers and they are similar to the stars in the milky way.
        
        Wordsworth says that the POET has a special sensibility: he is the only person who can use this special moment to recreate this emotion in the future with a poem.
        
        The poet imagines to see 10.000 (ten thousand) daffodils.
        
        RETHORICAL FIGURES:
        
        Simile 1
        ✔ The poet compares himself to a cloud.
        👉 Effect: shows loneliness and isolation.
        
        “I wandered lonely as a cloud”
        
        Personification
        ✔ Nature has human qualities.
        👉 Effect: nature feels alive, joyful, and active.
        
        “tossing their heads in sprightly dance”
        
        “the waves beside them danced”
        
        Metaphor
        👉 Effect: emphasizes the number of flowers
        and the strong impression on the poet.
        
        “Ten thousand saw I at a glance”
        
        Simile 2
        ✔ The daffodils are compared to stars.
        👉 Effect: suggests infinity, beauty, and brightness.
        
        "Continuous as the stars that shine"
        
        Alliteration
        ✔ Repetition of consonant sounds.
        👉 Effect: creates rhythm and musicality.
        
        “beside the lake, beneath the trees”
        
        “Ten thousand saw I at a glance”
- - - - wrote the famous PREFACE TO THE LYRICAL BALLADS, which became the Manifesto of the English Romanticism.