What type of symbolism does William Wordsworth use in "Daffodils?"

The symbolism present in Wordsworth's poem lies in the
moment.  This particular moment happens in the sight of these daffodils.  Consider the
recreation of this moment in the mind of Dorothy Wordsworth, the poet's sister who
shared in this instant with her brother:

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I never saw daffodils so beautiful they grew
among the mossy stones about and about them, some rested their heads upon these stones
as on a pillow for weariness and the rest tossed and reeled and danced and seemed as if
they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake, they looked so gay
ever dancing ever
changing.

The poet takes this
moment, an instant in time, and uses this as a symbolic representation of how life
should be.  I think that being able to take this moment and explore it becomes a symbol
of Wordsworth's own love of nature.  There was something in this moment that allowed him
to transcend the present and project his own sense of self into the conditional.  This
is something that enables Wordsworth to also link his own sense of being to a larger
element, a notion that both glorifies himself and suppresses it in a wider configuration
at the same time.  For Wordsworth, the moment of seeing the daffodils allows him to feel
better about his own state of being in the world, and enables him to understand more
about who he is in this life and what gives passion and meaning to him.  The symbolism
of the moment is that Wordsworth is able to understand more of what it means to be
blissful, happy, and to find a sphere of permanent content in a world of transition and
mutability.  The symbol of the daffodils in the poem is one of permanence in a world
where there is not much in way of that which lasts.