What is the poet referring to when he speaks of “that inward eye” in “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” poem?

I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD



I wandered lonely as a cloud:

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.



Continuous as the stars

that shine and twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretched in never-ending line

along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

tossing their heads in sprightly dance.



The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

in such a jocund company:

I gazed - and gazed - but little thought

what wealth the show to me had brought:



For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.





This poem is by William Wordsworth. I really love poems that are written from a diary records, but I’ve no idea what is he trying to say by “that inward eye”! (Last paragraph)

What is the poet referring to when he speaks of “that inward eye” in “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” poem?
This poem is about memory, when he is in a pensive mood, he can use his inward eye to imagine he is a happly little cloud again. (BEST ANSWER)
Reply:He's saying memories.

When he remembers the waves, it gives him back the feeling of bliss and solitude.



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Reply:What he means by mentioning his "inward eye," is his memory of the scene :]



What he means by the last paragraph is that whenever he's in a thoughtful mood or has free time, he thinks of the memory of this scene and he is filled with happiness at the thought.



Hope that helped!
Reply:The imagination, which allows one to "see" on the inside. You know, "close your eyes and imagine you are seeing {something}". In this case, he's imagining something that he actually saw once, but that doesn't have to be the case.



"Which is the bliss of solitude" means that the great pleasure of being alone is in being able to use this "inward eye"--to daydream, basically.
Reply:He was zonked on laudanum!
Reply:The inward eye would be his ability to return to his memory of the daffodils.
Reply:what he thought about it inside... i think

like his eye inside him

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