Question

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​

please tell me 4 literary devices in the stanza

Answer 1

The following 4 literary devices are used in the stanza :

1) Simile ( lonely as a cloud)

2) Personification ( saw a crowd)

3) Imagery (wandered lonely as a cloud)

4) Alliteration (beside the lake , beneath the trees)

Explanation :

Simile : It is a literary device that compares two things with usage of the words 'as' and 'like' . Here in the line "I wandered lonely as a cloud" , simile is used to compare between poet and cloud with word as .

Personification : It is a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to a non human thing , be it a non- Living thing or any other organism . Here in the line "When all at once I saw a crowd" , daffodils are personified by usage of word 'crowd' which represents crowd of human beings .

Imagery : Imagery gives the idea of the emotions the poet wants to convey . In the line " I wandered lonely as a cloud" , the poet's emotions of loneliness is highlighted by use of imagery .

Alliteration: Alliteration is a figure of speech in which a sound or initials of two words in a line are repeates . For example : in "beside the lake , beneath the trees" , b letter is repeated .