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What does Wordsworth compare the daffodils to? Is the comparison appropriate? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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What does Wordsworth compare the daffodils to? Is the comparison appropriate?

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The speaker claims that, like the Milky Way's stars, the daffodils were dazzling, shining, and stretched in an endless queue. He contrasts the joy of the flowers with that of the waves next to them in the following stanza. In their joyful dance, the daffodils outperformed the waves.

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