NATURE METAPHORS IN WILLIAM WORDSWORTH’S WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD (“DAFFODILS”): A ROMANTIC VISION OF EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HARMONY
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This article examines the system of nature metaphors in William Wordsworth’s lyric poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (1807), commonly referred to as “Daffodils.” As a central figure of English Romanticism, Wordsworth reconceptualizes nature as a dynamic spiritual presence rather than a passive background. Through extended metaphors and personification, natural elements – cloud, daffodils, waves, and the inward eye – become symbolic mediators of psychological transformation. Using close textual analysis and Romantic theoretical frameworks, this study argues that the poem constructs a three-dimensional metaphorical model of nature: (1) psychological healing, (2) spiritual transcendence, and (3) imaginative permanence. The findings demonstrate that Wordsworth’s metaphoric system functions not merely as aesthetic ornamentation but as a structural foundation of Romantic epistemology.
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