Aug 29
The Daffodils (also known as I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud) is an 1804 poem by William Wordsworth. It was inspired by a walk during which Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, came across a long belt of daffodils. The memory of the daffodils is etched in the speaker's mind and soul to be cherished forever. When he's feeling lonely, dull or depressed, he thinks of the daffodils, and is cheered. The full impact of the daffodils' beauty (symbolizing the beauty of nature) did not strike him at the moment of seeing them, when he stared blankly. But much later when he sat alone, sad and lonely, he remembered them.
Jeremy Iron reads "Daffodils" on YouTube
