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Daffodils by William Wordsworth

Answer the following questions :

1.I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er 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.

i. Who has been referred to as ‘I’ in the first line of the extract? Where do

you think was he wandering?

ii.What does the poet encounter while wandering? Where does he

encounter them?

iii. Why do you think the poet refers to the daffodils as golden?

iv. Mention the figures of speech used in the above stanza.

2. Continuous 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,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

i. How are the daffodils compared to the stars?

ii. What is the milky way? Why is it referred to in the extract?

iii. What is meant by the margin of the bay?

3. The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

i. How did the daffodils outdo the waves?

ii. What is meant by jocund company? Which jocund company is the poet referring to? Why does the poet find it jocund?

iii. Which wealth referred to by the poet? Explain how the wealth was brought to the poet?

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Answer:

That floats on high o'er 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.