What do you understand by 'A poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company
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“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.”
from “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” by William Wordsworth
Explanation:
This poem is of a different time from ours, when “gay” meant only “bright and pleasant, promoting a feeling of cheer,” and “jocund” meant “full of high-spirited merriment.”
It means that the poet felt that he could not help himself but to be cheerful, merry, and high-spirited in the presence of the ten thousand daffodils that were dancing in the breeze before him.
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Lines 15-16
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A Poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
- The speaker reenters the poem. (We’ve haven’t seen you since the first line, buddy.) Except he refers to himself in the first person, by his vocation, "a poet."
Or, as he puts at, with such joyful and carefree ("jocund") "company" to hang out with. The flowers and waves feel like companions to him.
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