Question

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high over vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay :

Ten thousand saw I at a glance, (i) Find an example of imagery in the poem. [2]

(ii) Give an example of personification in the poem.

[2]

(iii) How does the poet draw comparison of the

daffodils with the stars ? [3]

(iv) Explain the first 2 lines of the 2nd stanza in your

own words. [3]

(v) Describe in your own words the poet's feelings

when he sees the host of golden daffodils. [5]​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) Find an example of imagery in the poem.

'Fluttering and dancing in the breeze'

Imagery - It includes all the objects and qualifies or sense perception.

(ii) Give an example of personification in the poem.

• I wandered lonely as a cloud

• A host, of golden daffodils

• The waves beside them danced

Here, To convey an inherent unity between man and nature, William Wordsworth compares himself to a 'cloud', an object of nature, while he humanizes the daffodils by using the words 'a crowd' and 'a host' for them.

(iii) How does the poet draw comparison of the daffodils with the stars ?

The poet compares the Daffodils to the stars to indicate the large number of daffodils and the beauty of them.

(iv) Explain the first 2 lines of the 2nd stanza in your own words.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And Twinkle on the Milky Way ,

Here, the poet says that the daffodils he saw were countless and are as shining as the stars in the Milky way.

(v) Describe in your own words the poet's feelings when he sees the host of golden daffodils.

The poet was overwhelmed with happiness to see the host of golden daffodils beside the lake, beneath the trees which were fluttering and dancing in the breeze. And when he saw them, he was reminded of the stars in the milky way.

Answer 2

Answer:

Who is referred to as ‘I’ in the extract? Where is ‘I’ and what is he doing?