Q. Read the following stanza carefully and answer the questions given at the end:
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats of high o'er vales and hills.
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils:
Besides the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
i. Whaí do daffodils represent in the stanza?
ii. Mention the words that produce the sound in the stanza.
ii. What the poet was doing?
Answers
Explanation:
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. She wrote in her journal on that spring day: ``I never saw daffodils so beautifu
- "I wandered lonely as a Cloud" consists of four stanzas with six lines each, for a total of 24 lines. - The rhyme scheme is ABABCC. Each stanza feels independent and self-sufficient. This is called a "rhyming couplet." There aren't any slant rhymes to trick you.
Hyperbole: Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement. “When all at once I saw a crowd, Ten thousand saw I at a glance,” In the two examples above, the poet has used 'crowd' and 'ten thousand' to mean a lot of daffodils. But he must not have counted them there at a glance. This is an obvious exaggeration.
Answer:
Explanation:
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. She wrote in her journal on that spring day: ``I never saw daffodils so beautifu
- "I wandered lonely as a Cloud" consists of four stanzas with six lines each, for a total of 24 lines. - The rhyme scheme is ABABCC. Each stanza feels independent and self-sufficient. This is called a "rhyming couplet." There aren't any slant rhymes to trick you.
Hyperbole: Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement. “When all at once I saw a crowd, Ten thousand saw I at a glance,” In the two examples above, the poet has used 'crowd' and 'ten thousand' to mean a lot of daffodils. But he must not have counted them there at a glance. This is an obvious exaggeration.