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EXERCISES
Understanding Better
A. Answer the following questions.
1. Why does the poet compare himself to a cloud?
2. Where were the daffodils? How does the poet describe what they were doing?
3. Which line (quote it) gives the impression that it was impossible to count the number of
4. The word 'out-did' is used by the poet to create an image of daffodils leaving something
5. When does the poet remember the daffodils? How does the memory affect him?
far behind. Explain in your own words.
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Explanation:
Answer:
Question 1.
Explain with reference to context.
Answer:
These lines are taken from the poem ‘Daffodils’ written by William Wordsworth. The poem expresses Word worth’s love for nature and how he sought solace in it from the woes and worries of this world.
At the beginning of the poem, the speaker is feeling lonely and sad. As he walks along, he sees a large area of daffodils along the side of a lake, blowing in the breeze with bright yellow flowers reflected in the water in spite of the waves due to the wind. The sight of the flowers on the shore and their reflection cheers him greatly.
Question 2.
Who wandered like a lonely cloud and where ?
Answer:
The poet William Wood sworth wanders like a lonely cloud over the valleys and hills .
Question 3.
Who does he come across while wandering ?
Answer:
While wandering among the valleys and hills the poet comes across the host of the golden daffodils flowers .
Question 4.
Where were the daffodils and what where they doing ?
Answer:
The daffodils were by the side of the lake under the trees. They were fluttering under in the breeze as if they were dancing like human beings expressing their joy and energy.
Lines 7- 12
ICSE Solutions for Class 9,10 English - Daffodils-10
Read the lines given above and answer the questions that follow.
Question 1.
Explain with reference to context.
Answer:
These lines are taken from the poem ‘Daffodils’ written by William Wordsworth. The poem expresses Word worth’s love for nature and how he sought solace in it from the woes and worries of this world.
There are as many daffodils as there are stars in the sky–so many they can’t be counted. He says in one glance he saw “ten thousand,” which is a large number used to express how large the bed of flowers was . They seem to be dancing in the breeze.
Question 2.
What is being compared to the stars and why ?
Answer:
The host of golden daffodils by the side of the lake under the tree are being compared to the stars. A milky way is a cluster of stars which shine brightly across a huge stretch of space . Similarly like the stars in the milky way the poet feels that the daffodils are not only uncountable but also they are dancing with full energy and joy in never ending line along the margin of the lake .
Question 3.
How many did the poet see at a glance?
Answer:
The poet saw maybe ten thousand at a glance.
Question 4.
What were the daffodils doing? Which literary device is used here?
Answer:
The daffodils were dancing merrily in the breeze. The poet is using personification here when he compares the movement of the daffodils in the breeze to dancing humans.
Lines 13-18
ICSE Solutions for Class 9,10 English - Daffodils-11
Read the lines given above and answer the questions that follow.
Question 1.
Explain with reference to context.
Answer:
These lines are taken from the poem ‘Daffodils’ written by William Wordsworth. The poem expresses Word worth’s love for nature and how he sought solace in it from the woes and worries of this world.
The waves of the la
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