"I feel so foolish to think about how giddy we felt imagining what Maria's life would be like once she was married." What does the quote show about Emilia from "Emilia's Lament"?

In the first line of the poem, the poet likens himself to a natural object, a cloud. in contrast, the last line of the second stanza, "tossing their heads in sprightly dance," personifies daffodils, which are natural objects. what do these two devices together suggest?