What's in a poem

Daffodils, by William Wordsworth, 1804.
Senses, emotions, poetic inspiration: "poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity" (Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, 1798, 1800).
The poet lived most of his life in the Lake District.

        Below, Wordsworth's house in Grasmere, Dove Cottage.

Daffodils bloom in early spring. 

Listen to the poem read by a famous English actor, Jeremy Irons.

"A host of golden daffodils"