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Extract I
(i) Who has been referred to as ‘I’ in the first line of the extract? Where
do you think was he wandering?
Ans. The poet William Wordsworth is referred to as 'l' in the first
line of the extract. The poet was wandering alone near a lake at Grasmere, in
England.
(ii) What does the poet encounter while wandering? Where does he encounter
them?
Ans. The poet encountered a large number of golden daffodils
while wandering. He encountered them under the trees, on the bank of the lake.
(iii) Why do you think the poet refers to the daffodils as golden?
Ans. The daffodils were yellow and they were shining in the sun like
gold, therefore, the poet refers to the daffodils as golden.
(iv) Discuss the importance of the following lines with reference to the
poem:
“Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”
Ans. These lines personify the beautiful daffodils as fluttering and
dancing along the riverside. These lines are important as it was the
daffodils’ lively appearance that captivated the poet.
(v) Which figure of speech is used in the following lines? How many
daffodils do you think the poet saw? Give a reason for your answer. “When
all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils,”
Ans. The figure of speech used by the poet is hyperbole. He saw a host
of daffodils, which means there were nearly ten thousand of them. It is
exaggeration/hyperbolic expression. He might have seen a few hundred of them.
Extract II
(i) How are the daffodils compared to the stars?
Ans. The poet uses a simile to compare the daffodils to the stars on the milky
way. As an infinite number of stars shine on the milky way, so a multitude of
golden daffodils grew along the edge of the lake.
(ii) What is the milky way? Why is it referred to in the extract?
Ans. Milky way is a galaxy(continuity) of stars that stretches like a
band across the sky. It is referred to in the extract to compare the beauty of
flowers and the infinite number of stars to the infinite number of daffodils.
(iii) What is meant by the margin of the bay?
Ans. The margin of the bay means the edge of the lake.
(iv) State how the technique of using exaggeration heightens the poetic
effect in the extract?
Ans. The poet has exaggerated the number of daffodils by calling them a
crowd, a host and continuous as the stars on the milky way. It gives us a
picture of infinite stars growing along the bank of the lake as far as the
poet could see. The use of such exaggeration thus heightens the poetic effect.
Daffodils is a lyric poem. The word ‘lyric’ is derived from ‘lyre’, and it
implies that the poem is meant to be sung to the accompaniment of the lyre.
The rhyming pattern followed in this poem is that in each stanza the first
line rhymes with the third; the second with the fourth; and the fifth with
sixth. Each stanza ends with a rhyming couplet. The poem particularly
illustrates musical quality in the poem, the poet describes that there is
continue row of daffodils in the sky that is scattered in the whole of the sky
who are looking endless in the sky, And coming just like ten thousand flowers
and dancing and coming together.
Extract III
(i) Why did the poet stop on seeing the daffodils ? What do the daffodils
represent in the poem ?
Ans. The poet stopped on seeing the daffodils because never before in
his life he had seen such beautiful golden daffodils and that too in such a
very large number. He was greatly fascinated towards them. Daffodils represent
the beauty of nature and its healthy, purifying everlasting and enduring
impact on human beings.
The waves in the lake were glistening with joy, but the daffodils danced along
with them. This spirit of daffodils showed immense joy, happiness and pleasure
on its part that exceeded the excitement of waves too.
(ii)What is meant by a jocund company? Which jocund company is the poet
referring to? Why does the poet find it jocund?
Ans. A jocund company means happy and cheerful company. The poet talks
about the jocund company of golden daffodils and dancing waves. They all were
jocund because they danced merrily without a pause.
(iii) Which wealth referred to by the poet? Explain how the wealth was
brought to the poet?
Ans. The wealth which is referred to here by the poet means the wealth
of joy and happiness; which actually comes from happy and fond memories when
the poet saw a host of golden daffodils by the side of the lake beneath the
trees. It was the wealth these scenes had brought to the poet.
(iv) What is the mood of the poet in the above extract? Which lines tell you so?
Why is he in such a mood?
Ans. The poet is in a happy and cheerful mood. The lines 'A poet could
not but be gay, In such a jocund company' tells us that he was very happy. The
feeling of the oneness with nature that the poet has experienced in seeing
lovely and dancing daffodils, is the reason for his happiness. The daffodils
and the waves were happy and their happiness was infectious. It made him happy
too.
(v) With reference to the above extract, state why Wordsworth can be
called nature poet.
Ans. Nature was the source of all joy for Wordsworth. Nature for him
was a living personality just like a teacher, a guardian and a nurse.
Wordsworth is a nature poet, a fact known to every reader of Wordsworth. He is
a supreme worshipper of Nature. Nature has a pivotal position in his poetry.
He liked to wander in woods, valleys and over the hills. He loved and admired
the scenes of nature. and described them beautifully in his poems.
Extract IV
(i) What happens to the poet when he lies down on his couch in a
pensive mood?
Ans. When the poet lies down on his couch in a pensive mood, the memory
of the scene of dancing daffodils flashes on his mind. He feels he is again in
the company of happy daffodils and it makes his heart dance with them again.
(ii) What is the "bliss of solitude" referred to in the extract? How
does the bliss of solitude take place?
Ans. The bliss of solitude is referred to the paradise the poet finds
himself in as soon as the image of golden daffodils flashes before his eye.
His loneliness is overtaken by the image of daffodils which make him feel as
if he were dancing along with the daffodils. The bliss of solitude comes to
him in the form of the memory of dancing daffodils when he is alone, sad and
in a thoughtful mood.
(iii) Explain the transition from poet’s pensive mood to his heart
filled with joy.
Ans. The poet says that when he lies down on his couch in a pensive
mood, the images of the golden daffodils flashes before him and changes his
mood. The poet, who was lonely at the beginning of the poem, experiences "the
bliss of solitude" by the end. He then feels calm and refreshed. This is how
nature influences him. The memory of the daffodils fills his heart with joy
and he feels as if his heart were dancing with the daffodils
(iv) With reference to the last two lines of the extract, state the
influence that nature can have over an individual’s mind.
Ans. In the last two lines of the poem, the poet William Wordsworth
want to say that the thought of the flowers dancing when the breeze blows can
have influence over an individual's minds as whenever the person is in a bad
mood the thought of the flowers whenever will come in the person's mind will
make him happy and remove the feeling of loneliness from his mind.
(v) Wordsworth says that poetry is "the overflow of feelings arising
from emotions recollected in tranquility." In this context, state how the
poem shows the truth of his statement.
Ans. Wordsworth idea of poetry is that it originates from the overflow
of feelings, recollected in tranquility. This means that the poet observes
some object. It sets off powerful emotions in his mind. The poets let them
sink into his mind. At a moment later, he recollects those emotions in
tranquility and produces a poem. The poem Daffodils clearly explains this
definition of poetry. The poet saw a beautiful scene of dancing daffodils. He
was filled with joy. At a later moment when he was alone (in tranquility), he
recollected that scene. He felt the bliss again and the result is this poem.
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