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'A host of golden daffodils.'
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Beside the lake, beneath the trees
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Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
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Do you notice how "fluttering" destroys the rhythm of the poem?
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It's impossible to make the line scan
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if you pronounce "fluttering" as a trisyllabic word
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and that's what Wordsworth intended, of course.
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'"Dee-dum dee-dum, dee-dum dee-dum,"
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'and suddenly, that rhythm is shattered
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'when he sees the fluttering and dancing daffodils
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'and the chaos of nature.'
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'But who hath seen her wave her hand?'