Figurative language

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
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 leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but 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;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

1) The figurative language used are simile, personification and metaphor. Simile is used in the title of the poem, as well as at the start of the poem, 'I wandered lonely as a cloud '.It is used to picture how she was wandering, alone, like clouds in the sky, no one to accompany them and drifting aimlessly as the wind blows. There is also metaphor, 'I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils'. The daffodils are compared as a crowd of people. Another example of metaphor Personification is used as well, 'golden daffodils' 'fluttering and dancing in the breeze'. Imagine a yellow flower fluttering and dancing as the breeze caressed the the daffodils.

2) I like this poem because it depicts the nature, the daffodils by the lake. I also like the way the poet describes the 'crowd' of daffodils. Due to the number of them, they remind the poet the milky way and the endless line of shiny stars. The fluttering of the daffodils was humanized as them engaging in a dance. In their fluttering and dancing, the daffodils outdo the waves of the lake while the poet enjoys the show and appreciated the nature.