What does the poet mean when he says that he 'gazed - and gazed - but little thought/what wealth the show to me had brought'? How does the scene benefit him either materially or emotionally?give reasons for your answer.
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Answer:
The poet looked upon the lake, the trees and the daffodils for a long time but he was so transfixed by the beauty that he did not consider how this experience might affect the rest of his life.
This line ends with a colon which indicates that the next stanza elaborates on the "wealth" that the scene brought to him.
According to the next stanza, the poet often remembers and experiences the emotions he felt when he first experienced the beauty of this moment. This happens when he is alone, bored or pensive. And this memory fills his heart with pleasure. Certainly a lifting of the spirits when feeling lonely and empty is a valuable treasure to most people including the poet.
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.
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.
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:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
~ by William Wordsworth