The Speaker
The speaker appears to be Alice Oswald in the poem "Daisy." She speaks from first-person point of view. She presents herself as a somewhat disgruntled person contemplating the features of a daisy, realizing its purity and meekness. She compares herself to the daisy and recognizes its greater authenticity, to her dismay.
The Daisy
Although the daisy isn't a real person, it is personified in the poem "Daisy." The daisy is the focal point of this poem, which the speaker has mixed feelings about. The speaker describes the daisy in third-person point of view. Its nature is symbolic of purity and delicacy - qualities the speaker finds admirable. At the same time, these qualities make the speaker feel inadequate.
