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Introducing the poet
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the major poets of his time. He was honoured as England's Poet Laureate. He defined poetry as "Spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" arising from "emotions recollected in tranquility". He is a poet of nature, and used common words to express his feelings.
1. When did the poet see the daffodils?
Ans: The poet saw the daffodils when he was moving about aimlessly.
2. Where did the poet see the daffodils?
Ans: The poet while wandering alone, saw a host of golden daffodils beside a lake, beneath the trees.
3.Fill in the blanks to describe the idea of stanza 1: The poet was _____ in the English Countryside. He saw thousands of___ fluttering and dancing beneath_____and beside ____The daffodils appeared to be____in the strong Breeze.
Ans: The poet was wandering in the English Countryside. He saw thousands of daffodils fluttering and dancing beneath the trees and beside the lake. The daffodils appeared to be dancing in the strong breeze
4. What does the poet compare the daffodils with?
Ans: The poet compares the daffodils with the stars twinkling in the milky way.
5. What resemblance does he find between the stars and the daffodils?
Ans: The resemblance the poet finds between the stars and the daffodils is one of countlessness.
6. What does the poet say about the number of flowers?
Ans: When the poet saw the daffodils at a glance, he could see that they were ten thousand in number. By this, he meant, that the flowers were uncountable.
7. Where were the flowers?
Ans: The flowers were on the bank of the lake and beneath the trees.
8. Which of the two danced more sprightly the waves or the daffodils?
Ans: Both the waves and the daffodils danced cheerfully, but the daffodils were more jolly than the waves.
9. How does the poet feel while looking at the daffodils?
Ans: The poet was happy and cheerful in the company of the daffodils. He continued to gaze at them and observe their merriment.
10. What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?
Ans: When he lies in his couch in a thoughtful or thoughtless mood, the lively picture of the sprightly dancing daffodils flashed upon his inward eye and fills his entire being with joy.
11. Mention the two moods of the poet.
Ans: The poet has elaborated his two moods. One of them is vacant mood when he is in a free state of mind and the other one is the pensive mood that reflects his deep thought especially that worries him slightly
12. What does the poet feel when he remembers the sight of the daffodils?
Ans: When he remembers the sight of the daffodils, it fills his entire being with joy. His heart begins to dance with the flowers. In short, the sight of daffodils proves to be a source not only of immediate pleasure but also Of lasting joy.
13. When does the poet write the poem-beside or off the lake?
Ans: The poem was written off the lake. The poet experienced the company of the daffodils while wandering alone. Не recalled the sight later on and wrote the poem.
14. Do you find a rhyme scheme in the poem? The rhyming scheme of the first stanza is a bab (a-'cloud' and 'crowd, b hills' and 'daffodils), ending with a rhyming couplet cc (c trees and breeze"). Is the rhyme scheme similar in other three stanzas or do you find any variation?
Ans: The rhyme scheme of the first two stanzas are the same -ababcc. Rhyme scheme of the 3rd stanza is abacdd and 4th stanza is same as the first and second one: ababcc.
15. How many times is the word 'dance' repeated in this poem? In which line does it show the happiness and liveliness of the flowers?
Ans: The word dance has been repeated four times in the poem. It has been used once in each stanza. In the line 12, it shows the happiness and liveliness of flowers.
16. In which line does it create a sense of harmonious relationship between the daffodils and the waves?
Ans: In lines 12 and 13, the word 'dance' created a sense of harmonious relationship between the daffodils and the waves
17. In which line does this harmonious relationship include the poet himself?
Ans: The word dance has been repeated four times in the poem. It has been used once in each stanza. In the line 12, it shows the happiness and liveliness of flowers.
16. In which line does it create a sense of harmonious relationship between the daffodils and the waves?
Ans: In lines 12 and 13, the word 'dance' created a sense of harmonious relationship between the daffodils and the waves.
17. In which line does this harmonious relationship include the poet himself?
Ans: In line 15, the poet got included in the harmonious relationship of the waves and daffodils when he felt cheerful in their company.
18. What figures of speech do you find in the poem?
Ans: In this poem we find figures of speech like simile, hyperbole, and metaphors
19. 'Simile' is a figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things by using like, as', etc. For example, in 'I wandered lonely as a cloud', as the loneliness of the poet resembles the loneliness of the cloud that is floating high in the sky, the figure of speech used is a simile. What other example of a simile do you find in the poem?
Ans: The other example of a simile we find in the poem is "continuous as the stars that shine".
20. 'Metaphor' is a figure of speech that makes an implicit comparison between two unlike things. In 'What wealth the show to me had brought, the poet imagines the happiness brought to him by the beautiful scene of the flowers as "wealth". Does he use a metaphor here?
Ans: Yes the poet has used metaphor here.
21. "Ten thousand saw I at a glance" is it an exaggeration? Will you call it a 'hyperbole"?
Ans: Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement made for effect. Here, the poet is emphasizing the huge number of daffodils. Yes, It is a hyperbole.
22. What figure of speech does the poet use in "They stretched in never-ending line."?
Ans: The figure of speech used here is hyperbole.
