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   marilynn07 Teacher
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   There are a number of figures of speech in this poem.

   The first is personification: "I" and "cloud" are being personified. The second is the simile "as a cloud." The daffodils are also personified as they dance and are gleeful.

   Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
   The waves beside them danced; but they
   Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

   The waves are also personified as they dance. That should get you started on your essay. This poem is about a moment in time when Wordsworth and his sister were walking along the lake shore in Cumbria County, England 1802. The theme is about how nature's beauty is often unappreciated or undervalued.

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   Posted by marilynn07 on Monday June 1, 2009 at 4:29 PM