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What does this second, religious meaning of “host” add to your understanding of Wordworth’s perception and valuation of the daffodils? The religious meaning of the word “host” suggests to m
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Unseen Poetry - "Daffodils" Tang Hiu Tung Faith 4H (29) 3) What does this second, religious meaning of "host" add to your understanding of Wordworth's perception and valuation of the daffodils? The religious meaning of the word "host" suggests to me that Wordsworth feels graceful to see the daffodils. In the first two line of the poem, the mood of Wordsworth is rather depressed. He "wondered lonely as a Cloud/That floats on high o'er Vales and Hills", we can sense that he feels sad to the human world and has a desire to escape. Yet when we come to line 3 and 4 "When all at once I saw a crowd/A host of dancing Daffodils", the tone changes suddenly. According to the ancient religious meaning of "host", referring to "a large number of angels, and heavenly objects", gives us very positive ideas. The daffodils are like angels in the view of Wordsworth, which...
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