What similarities and differences do you find in the thoughts and feelings conveyed to the reader in Wordsworth's "The Daffodils" and Clarke's "A Miracle on St Davids Day

... What similarities and differences do you find in the thoughts and feelings conveyed to the reader in Wordsworth's "The Daffodils" and Clarke's "A Miracle on St Davids Day "The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth was written in the eighteenth century. Gillian Clarke wrote "Miracle on St. David's Day" in the twentieth century, making her a contemporary poet. The obvious comparison between the two poems is their focus on daffodils, but there are many others. For instance they are both based on real, spectacular events, and vivid memories. They were both also written several years after the event took place. This is perhaps the first instance that the poet realised the incredible, lasting effect that the moment had inflicted on them, and that they could clearly recall the event such a long period of time after. However, as always when comparing two poems, there are clear differences, more in the structure of the

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