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The document provides background information about the poet William Wordsworth and analyzes his poem "Daffodils". It includes multiple choice and true/false questions about the poem. Short answer and long answer questions are also provided to test understanding of themes, imagery, and analysis of the poem. Key details include that Wordsworth was inspired by seeing a host of golden daffodils near a lake, and the poem uses nature imagery and personification to depict the dancing flowers. The lasting impression of the scene brought the poet joy and pleasure when recalled later.

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Chapter-1 Daffodils

The document provides background information about the poet William Wordsworth and analyzes his poem "Daffodils". It includes multiple choice and true/false questions about the poem. Short answer and long answer questions are also provided to test understanding of themes, imagery, and analysis of the poem. Key details include that Wordsworth was inspired by seeing a host of golden daffodils near a lake, and the poem uses nature imagery and personification to depict the dancing flowers. The lasting impression of the scene brought the poet joy and pleasure when recalled later.

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CHAPTER -1

DAFFODILS
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

William Wordsworth –
Born – 7 April 1770, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, he was an English romantic poet
who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launce the Romantic age in English literature with
their joint publication LYRICAL BALLADS.
Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850.

Multiple Choice Questions:


1. Who is the narrator of the poem ‘The Daffodils’-
a. Wordsworth b. Coleridge
c. Sarojini Naidu d. Toru Dutt
Answer: Wordsworth
2. William Wordsworth was-
a. Irish b. Welsh
c. English d. Scottish
Answer: English
3. 'A poet could not but be gay' means-
a. The poet could not sleep b. The poet was happy
c. The poet could not be happy d. The poet was very sad
Answer: The Poet was happy
4. What does the speaker mean by 'host' of daffodils-
a. guests b. Bunch
c. one who entertains d. Sunrise
Answer: Bunch
5. What type of language is 'I wandered lonely as a cloud-
a. Simile b. Metaphor
c. Personification d. None of the above.
Answer: Metaphor

6. Which two words rhyme in the last two lines of first stanza-
a. Hills and daffodils b. Fluttering and dancing
c. Trees and breeze d. Beneath and dancing
Answer: trees and breeze
7. What was the poem inspired by-
a. Animals b. Humans
c. Nature d. Happiness
Answer: Nature
8. Wordsworth was a poet of__________ people-
a. Country b. City
c. Aristocratic d. None of the above
Answer: country

9. Bliss means-
a. Great loneliness b. Great joy
c. Great love d. Great blessing
Answer: Great joy
10. Solitude means-
a. Being alone b. Very sad
c. In trouble d. Being together
Answer: being alone
11. 'I wandered lonely as a cloud,' here I refer to-
a. The poet b. The daffodils
c. The cloud d. The reader
Answer: The poet
12. The sprightly dance in the poem means—
a. Religious dance b. Dance of the spirits
c. A slow dance d. Lively dance
Answer: lively dance
13. Never ending line means—
a. A short line b. A curved line
c. Line of stars d. A continuous line
Answer: A continuous line
14. 'Continuous as the stars that shine, and twinkle on the milky way,' here daffodils are
compared to-
a. Milky way b. The other flowers
c. The stars d. The clouds
Answer: The stars
15. 'As the stars that shine' is a ____________ for daffodils-
a. Simile b. Metaphor
c. Personification d. Imagery
Answer: Simile

Mark True or False


1. The poet compares himself to a sun. - False
2. Wordsworth is an Indian poet. - False
3. The poet uses simile and metaphor in the poem. - True
4. The Daffodils is a lyric poem. - True
5. In the poem, 'pensive mood' means a happy mood. - False
6. The poet compares daffodils to a Milky way. – False
7. The 'inward eye' of the poet is the thoughtful state of poet. - True
8. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ababcc. - True
9. The Daffodils were growing beside the lake under the trees. - True
10. Simile is a device that is used to compare one object to another using 'as' or 'like.' – True

SHORT TYPE QUESTIONS:


Que. 1. What does “a host of golden daffodils” mean?
Ans. “A host of golden daffodils” mean is A bunch of daffodils, we can seen here
personification means comparing a non living thing with a living thing, so here host
means a crowd is compared with daffodils.

Que. 2. How does the poet describe himself in the first two lines?
Ans. The poet is comparing himself to the “cloud” in a metaphorical sense of the word.

Que. 3. How many daffodils does the poet say that he saw at a glance?
Ans. The poet says that he saw “ten thousand” daffodils at a glance.

Que. 4. What does the use of the phrase ‘lonely as a cloud’ suggest?
Ans. The poet says that he was wondering ‘lonely as a cloud’ the phrase refers to him
being roaming around without any purpose. He was all alone like a cloud that floats high
in the valley.

Que. 5. What though arises in the mind of the poet when he gazed and gazed at
daffodils?
Ans. The poet says that “I gazed and gazed but little thought what wealth the show to
me had brought” because the poet was mesmerized and enchanted by the sight of the
vibrant, golden daffodils stretched beside the lake beneath the trees.

Que. 6. What does “bliss of solitude” mean?


Ans. The phrase “bliss of solitude” mean that solitude is peasant as it gives the poet the
opportunity to dwell on the memory of the daffodils dancing in the breeze.

Que.7. What is meant by ‘jocund company?’


Ans. Jocund company means cheerful company. The poet is talking about the jocund
company of daffodils. The poet found it jocund because the daffodils were dancing
cheerfully that brought a new wealth, a cheerful kind of happiness to the poet.

Que.8. What does the phrase ‘inward eye’ mean?


Ans. By ‘inward eye’ the poet means that when he is in a thoughtful or pensive mood,
these daffodils come into his mind and in his dreams.

Que.9. What do you understand by ‘they stretched in never ending line’?


Ans. The daffodils were too numerous in numbers and spread throughout the valley
beneath the trees and beside the lake. Hence, the poet compared the daffodils to the
stars of the milky way galaxy and said that –“they stretched in never ending line”.

Que.10. What is the margin of the bay?


Ans. In the poem the simile ‘margin of the bay’ means that the flower daffodil is spread
endlessly along the boundaries of the bay. The word “bay” is used to denote the lake.

Que. 11. What rhyme scheme is followed in the poem?


Ans. It has a rhyme scheme, ABABCC.

LONG TYPE QUESTIONS:


Que.1 who was William Wordsworth?
Ans. William Wordsworth –
Born – 7 April 1770, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, he was an English
romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launce the Romantic age in English
literature with their joint publication LYRICAL BALLADS.
Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850.

Que.2. What is the thought presented in first paragraph?


Ans. In the paragraph the poet comparing himself to the “cloud”. The poet comes across a
bunch of daffodils fluttering in the air. He amazed by the beauty of those “golden daffodils.”

Que.3. How did the daffodils outdo the waves?


Ans. The daffodils outdid the waves in the lake. They seemed to be dancing like human beings
expressing their joy and energy when the breeze blew over them.

Que.4. Why are waves and the daffodils competing?


Ans. In the poem they seemed to be dancing like human beings expressing their joy and energy
when the breeze blew over them. Both the daffodils and waves seem to be in competitions to
show their feelings expressions.

Que.5. how does poet use personification in the poem? Give examples.
Ans. In the initial stanza of the poem, Wordsworth personifies the daffodils as the speaker
watches them “dancing in the breeze”.
By describing the daffodils as “dancing in the breeze” Wordsworth is able to create an image
of whimsy by personifying the flower.
Que.6. what happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?
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.

Que.7. Describe the poet’s thoughts on seeing the daffodils.


Ans. The poet was so touched by the sight of the golden daffodils that he thought that the
beautiful flowers overshadowed the sparking waves of the water body beside them. The
memory of the daffodils brightened up his lonely moments, and filled his heart with immense
joy and happiness.

Que.8. what is the theme of the poem?


Ans. The poem praises the beauty of the many daffodils in the hillside as they dance in the sun.
The theme of the poem is that beautiful memories of nature can cheer one in later times
through the power of imagination.

Que. 9. How do we know that ‘this’ show of the daffodils had a long-lasting effect on the
poet?
Ans. The poet felt very joyous in the jocund company of daffodils. The poet stood there long
and stored the scenic beauty in this memory. Long afterwards, when the poet grew thoughtful,
the gleeful thoughts about the daffodils flashed across his mind and filled him with pleasure.

Que.10. How does the poet relate with nature?


Ans. In the poem Daffodil, the poet has exquisitely portrayed beauty of nature. He relates a
personal experience that he perceived once while wandering in nature. He was wandering alone
like a solitary cloud in the sky. While walking, he reached a spot where poet saw pristine scenic
beauty.

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