Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

The waves beside them danced; but they
Outdid 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:

Daffodils - William Wordsworth.
(i) How did the daffodils outdo the waves? [3]
(ii) What is meant by a jocund company? Which jocund company is the poet
referring to? Why does the poet find it jocund? [3]
(iii) How does wealth come to the poet by looking at the scene before him? [3]
(iv) What according to the poet distinguishes the daffodils from the natural
surroundings? [3]
(v) What rhyme scheme is followed in the poem? Explain the lines: “I gazed—
and gazed—but little thought what wealth the show to me had brought:” [3]

Answer 1

Answer:

i) The daffodils outdid the waves in glee.

ii) A jocund company means a happy or merry company. The poet was in the daffodil's jocund company.

iii) The poet was a nature lover. He was very pleasured by seeing the sight and saved it close to his heart.