Write the poet's feelings when he sees a host of golden daffodils.
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Explanation:
Daffodils is wordsworth's most famous work shows vividly his love of nature. It underlines the idea that beautiful objects of nature like daffodils-flowers that bloom earliest in spring in England-fill our minds with pleasure. Even the memory of such objects delights us. The poet tells us how he once saw a large number of golden-coloured, beautiful daffodils growing beside a lake. In their company he felt happy and was lost in their beauty. He continued to gaze at the beautiful sight. Afterwards, whenever he was lonely or sad, the memory of these beautiful flowers filled him with great happiness. His heart began to dance with dancing daffodils.
The poet is very happy to see the daffodils. The sight brings in a lot of positivity. The following words and phrases tell us about the impact that the sight had on the poet.
'host'- A host is someone who welcomes guests. So, the flowers seemed to welcome the poet, to enjoy their company.
'glee' and 'jocund' - The poet himself states that he could not resist being happy. The flowers gave him so much joy. In fact the daffodils themselves were full of 'glee'.
'sprightly dance'- The breeze made the flowers sway. It looked like the daffodils has a sort of energy about them, which the poet interpreted as their 'sprightly dance'. A vibrant, energetic dance is always a pleasure to watch.
Further, the poet's feelings are not restricted only to the time that he spent watching the flowers. Instead, the daffodils continued giving him joy even later. Whenever the poet would feel bored or sad, he would remember the beautiful sight and his mood would change right away. Just the thought of the daffodils would fill his heart 'with pleasure' and even make it 'dance' with them!