Summary and Analysis of Poem
Here is the text and an interpretation of 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' - a simple, sweet poem:
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills, (The poet compares himself to a cloud, floating aimlessly.)
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils; (The hill is covered in hundreds of stunning, yellow daffodils.)
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. (The flowers are everywhere! There is a breeze, causing them to appear as if they are dancing.)
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way, (They seem to be as numerous as the stars!)
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay: (Hundreds of daffodils line the edge of the bay.)
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. (Again, the breeze makes it seem as if the flowers are dancing and tossing their heads.)