Old+Romanticism

 **The Daffodils By: William Wordsworth **   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 stretched 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; I wandered lonely as a cloud  And dances with the daffodils.  
 * The author, William Wordsworth, is considered by most to be one of the more "well-known" writers during the Romanticism movement. This poemis also known as a "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and was written in 1804, which was more towards the beginning of the movement. According to Buzzle.com, the poem was composed on a rainy day. Wordsworth's inspiration came from the breeze which supposedly blew the flowers back and forth in the meadow. Flowers are not only symbolic of Wordsworth's appreciation for the nature that surrounded him, they also represent a sense of joy and happiness found at this point in his life. The comparison that Wordsworth makes with himself and a cloud is also another example of Wordworth's use of nature. The idea of the rebirth of humans in the poem touches slightly on the Renaissance movement, however the prescence of the theme of supernaturalism within nature makes this poem fall into the Romanticism movement.**

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