Gallant

From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gallant

Gallant: "a young man of fashion", a ladies' man, "a man who enjoys being with and giving attention to women", "a man who shows a marked fondness for the company of women or is especially attentive to women".

Epiphany

From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epiphany

epiph·a·ny

 noun \i-ˈpi-fə-nē\

Epiphany : a Christian festival held on January 6 in honor of the coming of the three kings to the infant Jesus Christ

: a moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way

plural epiph·a·nies

Full Definition of EPIPHANY

1

capitalized :  January 6 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the coming of the Magi as the first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles or in the Eastern Church in commemoration of the baptism of Christ

2

:  an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being

3

a (1) :  a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2) :  an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking (3) :  an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure

b :  a revealing scene or moment

What's in a poem/ 2

The Solitary Reaper, William Wordsworth, 1807.

Henry Bacon, The Peasant Girl, 1883

"Behold her single in the field... Reaping and singing by herself..."

 

"Among the farthest Hebrides"

Flow Gently, Sweet Afton

"Will no one tell me what she sings? - 

Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow 

For old, unhappy, far-off things, 

And battles long ago: 

Or is it some humble lay, 

Familiar matter of to-day? 

Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, 

That has been, and may be again?" 

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"