I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - An Analysis I chose the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by Williamworth because I like the images in it of daffodils dancing. Upon closer inspection, I realized that most of these images are created by the numerous metaphors and similes used. In the first line, Worth says, “I have wandered lonely as a cloud.” This is a simile that compares a man's amazement to a cloud drifting in the sky. I guess the wandering cloud is lonely because there's nothing up there in the sky besides it. It can go unnoticed, without touching anything. In addition, the image of a cloud resembles a kind of light and carefree wandering. The cloud is not bound by any obstacle, but can go wherever the whim of the wind takes it. The next line of the poem says "I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils." Hereworth uses a metaphor to compare daffodils to a crowd of people and a host of angels. The word crowd brings to mind the image of daffodils chatting to each other, resting their heads close together in the wind. The word guest makes them seem as if their golden petals shine like golden halos on the angels. Interestingly, daffodils have a circular border of petals in the center that might look like a halo. Later in the poem Worth uses another simile, saying that the dance of the daffodils in the wind is "continuous as the stars that twinkle and twinkle on the Milky Way." This line creates the image of the wind randomly blowing the tops of random daffodils up and down, so they appear to glow momentarily as their faces catch the sun. This goes hand in hand with the later metaphor of daffodils “throwing their heads in a merry dance.” Comparing their movement to a dance also makes me think of swirling, rustling yellow skirts moving in harmony. It is also interesting how the first image of the wandering cloud contrasts sharply with the second image of the dancing daffodils..