![]() He possesses the eagerness to watch them more carefully. The poet is attracted towards a large number of golden daffodils. Explain the lines- "They stretched in never-ending line, along the margin of a bay:" The poet says that the flowers were countless and stretched continuously along the edge of the lake as the stars in the Milky Way.Ģ. The poet is enchanted by the sight of the daffodils, shining beautifully in the sun and so he compares the daffodils with the stars that shine and twinkle in the Milky Way. ![]() With what does the poet compare the daffodils? Explain the resemblance. Also, the cloud could be lonely because it floats over a natural landscape with no people in it Maybe the speaker has thought of hills and valleys because he happens to be "wandering" through such a landscape.ġ. Maybe a cloud is lonely because it is so far above the rest of the world. But that still doesn't explain the strange image, because clouds usually travel in groups. It's more likely, the speaker is projecting his own loneliness on the clouds. Usually, clouds are not supposed to be lonely. What does the use of the phrase "lonely as a cloud" suggest? Thus, the use of this word is appropriate as it reflects the sad mood of the poet.Ħ. He doesn't say, "walked around", but uses the much more descriptive word "wandered." The verb "to wander" means "to roam around." Here, the past tense form of this verb has been used to suggest the feeling of purposelessness and directionlessness. ![]() The speaker describes how he walked around and felt as lonely as a cloud. How does the poet describe himself in the first two lines? Do you think the use of the word "wandered" appropriate here? The flowers were moving due to the soft breeze which blew over their heads in a beautiful way. The poet was lonely and was just wandering here and there when he saw a large group of bright and beautiful daffodils under the trees, along the bank of a lake. His enthusiasm and love towards nature is reflected in the term 'golden'. He poet uses the word 'golden' to create more majestic sound in the poem. The poet is enchanted to see the bright yellow colour of daffodils. While wandering alone around through the hills and valleys, the poet notices a group of daffodil flowers. ![]() Why do you think the poet refers to the daffodils as golden? The figure of speech used in 'A host of daffodils' is personification as the daffodils are personified and given human qualities.ģ. As the daffodils are large in numbers, the poet refers them as a 'host'. Then he elaborates the word 'crowd' by adding the noun 'host'. He calls them a 'crowd because they are packed tightly together. He is wandering lonely in a natural scenery as a cloud in the sky that freely floats over the hills and valleys, when suddenly he sees a beautiful spectacle of golden bright daffodils near the lake and under the boughs of the trees.Īll at once the poet notices a group of daffodils waving in the breeze. The poet William Wordsworth is referred to 'I' in the extract. Who is referred to 'l' in the extract? Where is 'T' and what is he doing? That floats on high o'er vales and hills,ġ. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
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