I'm interested in the last stanza* and the idea of memory in the poem. In that stanza we learn that the poem is the retelling of a memory. This is about the joy a memory can give us "then my heart with pleasure fills". It also shows how memory can bring nature, or at least the feelings nature gives us, into a domesticated setting.
*Disclaimer: Poetry is not what I do best in the literary world. If I misuse terms, feel free to correct me. If you see the poem differently, please say so. If poetry is challenging for you, come talk to me and we will figure it out together!
I enjoyed the last stanza as well. like you said, the poem is a retelling of a memory. It circles back to the beginning where he wandered lonely as a cloud-he's in his imagination from the beginning -I get the feeling that this is his "inward eye" - a meditative state "the bliss of solitude" when he sees the daffodils in his mind's eye, which in turn fills his heart with pleasure. The poem does feel religious in terms of the narrators elevated feelings toward nature. The tripartite pattern Eric emailed was helpful!
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