Concetti Chiave
- Herrick uses daffodils as a metaphor for the brevity of human life, highlighting themes of transience and mortality.
- The poem's structure consists of two stanzas, each containing ten lines with irregular lengths but a consistent rhyme scheme.
- The language is rich in similes, enhancing the imagery and emotional impact of the fleeting nature of life.
- The poem aligns with the "carpe diem" philosophy, encouraging readers to embrace life and its fleeting moments.
- There is a sense of melancholy throughout, as the poet reflects on the inevitability of decay and loss.
ROBERT KERRICK – TO DAFFODILS
Fair Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon;
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attain'd his noon.
Stay, stay,
Until the hasting day
Has run
But to the even-song;
And, having pray'd together, we
Will go with you along.
We have short time to stay, as you.
We have as short a spring;
As quick a growth to meet decay,
As you, or anything.
We die
As your hours do, and dry
Away,
Like to the summer's rain;
Or as the pearls of morning's dew,
Ne'er to be found again
This poem is made up of two stanzas.
Each stanza has ten lines. Lines have an irregular length, begin with capital letters and are aligned. There is a regular punctuation And a regular rhyme scheme: ABCBDDCEAE- FGHGIIHLFL. In this poem there are many run-on-line. There are also many similes.In Herrick perspective, those Flowers are the metaphor of the shortness of men’s life. In line with that, daffodils convey sadness and melancholy. This poem can be connected to SEIZE THE DAY (carpe diem) by Orazio, the latin author; because It urges the man to live quietly and enjoy life.
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