This is our thinking activity. Which is given us in ourclass realted .it is realted to romantic Poets life&work so in my part there is poem by wordsworth to a daisy here I want to share something about TO A DAISY by Wordsworth it is one of my favorite poem. As a reader you all know that wordsworth is a poet of nature so here he also remembering the nature while writing this poem.DAISY is a symbol of nature.
ABOUT POET:
:William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).
ANALYSIS OF TO A DAISY
the poem “To the Daisy ( Here’) Wordsworth is discussing the greater significance the daisy is to man kind then the material world could ever be. Throughout the poem he is referring to objects and events that people get caught up in in the new and exciting commercial world of the 1800’s. When referring to these things he is making the clear distinction that the peace of mind and soul the daisy in itself brings has a greater impact on man then the commercial world ever could.
The first stanza introduces Wordsworth’s reflection of the world as referring to it as “With little here to do or see/ Of things that in the great world be, / Sweet Daisy!” The here Wordsworth is referring to in these lines in the commercial world. These lines show that Wordsworth is one of few that is not caught up in the hustle and bustle of the day-to-day world but instead actually rejects it. Wordsworth does not find the industrial world to be nears as “worthy” as the daisy. Where Wordsworth find a place of love is in “Thou unassuming Common-place/ Of Nature, with that homely face.” Wordsworth recognizes he is more often then not by himself in this feeling that nature brings more of a sense of comfort and peace then the industrial world the majority is infatuated with.
Wordsworth reflects in stanza two that he often finds him self at peace with his mind while being exposed to nature, stating, “Oft do I sit by the at ease, / And weave a web of similes.” Wordsworth finds ease and tranquility in embracing this daisy’s beauty. He favors being in the presence of the daisy, he feels as though his mind is at a place where he can make comparisons and play on words about the real world. In the presence of the daisy his mind is free to wonder in “humor or in blame.” Meaning that while he is submerged in the daisy beauty he can enjoy the game his mind plays, contemplate the daisy beauty in comparisons to other objects of beauty or shame in the world. This stanza is a clear reflection of him and the effect the daisy’s beauty has on him.
In stanza three Wordsworth makes comparisons between a nun and maiden as well as a queen of lavish and a peasant. In comparing the two cases he brings about the ideas of temptation and appeal. He states, “A Queen in crown of rubies drest, / A Starveling in a scanty vest, / Are all, as seems to suit the best, / Thy appellations.” In this comparison Wordsworth is hinting at what in the commercial world is so unappealing to him. The focus of the world is material. No one wants to be a peasant due to their scanty dress everyone strives to be the queen with rubies. The focus is on material rather then the beauty and simplicity they can offer and teach us.
Stanza four focuses on describing the daisy. Wordsworth refers to it as, “A little Cyclops, with one eye / Staring to threaten and defy.” Wordsworth is clearly referring to the flowers physical appearance. He compares this small innocent flower to a Cyclops. This is how Wordsworth expresses his feeling about the flower. He feels as though this daisy represents status and power in the world. Being the reader of the poem this line in particularly intriguing. I really enjoy the metaphor comparing the daisy’s power in the world to that of a Cyclops. The daisy is further described as losing its “shape” as a Cyclops vanishing into that of fairytale means. Wordsworth states, “ The shape will vanish, and behold! / A silver Shield with boss of gold, / That spreads itself, some Faery bold/ In fight to cover.” Here the way Wordsworth views the initial shape of the flower changes. The flower beholds that powerful presence of a Cyclops to a knight. Which instead of defying fights to give off its light fairytale essence.
In stanza five the daisy is being compared to a heavenly star. The flower in unique from a star in that, “Yet like a star, with glittering crest, / Self-poised in the air thou seem’st to rest; / May peace come never to its nest, / Who shall reprove thee!” The star and the daisy are alike in that they both have a breath taking appearance, but unlike the daisy the star does not give of the same peaceful essence. The star can never compete with the daisy in regards to what the daisy brings its viewer, making the daisy that much more powerful then a star.
In the final stanza Wordsworth closes the poetry with making the statement that nothing else can bring him to the same place of happiness as this daisy can, “That breath’st with me in sun and air, / My heart with gladness, and a share/ Of they meek nature.” In these lines Wordsworth expresses his feeling that nothing else in the world (from the sun or air) brings him to a place of happiness or peace then the daisy. The feelings Wordsworth articulates about the beauty of the flower reminds me a lot of Elaine Scarry’s idea that “Beauty is lifesaving.” Wordsworth describes this flower almost as an escape from the industrial world. Being with this flower and in nature he feels as though his sanity and peace of mind to write and ponder about nature and life is preserved.
Below is a daisy whose beauty sparked a number of feelings in Wordsworth that are reflected in his many odes to the daisy.
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