Daffodils
PASSAGE-1
i. Who has been referred to as ‘I’ in the
first line of the extract? Where do you
think was he wandering?
i) The poet William Worthsword is
referred to as 'l' in the first line of the
extract .He was wandering all alone in the
woods of the Lake District.ii.What does the poet encounter while
wandering? Where does he encounter
them?
ii) The poet encountered a large number
of golden daffodils. They grew beneath
the trees along the edge of a lake.
iii. Why do you think the poet refers to
the daffodils as golden?
iii) The daffodils were yellow and they
were shining in the sun like gold.
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.”
iv ) These lines personify the beautiful
daffodils. The poet sees the daffodils
growing along the margin of a bay, and
they appear to be dancing and fluttering
in the breeze. 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 reason for
you answer.
“When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils,”v) The poet has used 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.
PASSAGE-2
i. How are the daffodils compared to the
stars?
(i) The poet uses a simile to compare
the daffodils to the stars on the milky
way. As 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?
(ii) Milky way is a galaxy of stars that
stretches like a band across the sky. It is
referred to in the extract to compare the
infinite number of stars to the infinite
number of daffodils.
iii. What is meant by the margin of the
bay?
(iii) 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?
(iv) 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.
v. Briefly describe the musical quality of
the extract.
v) Daffodils is a lyric poem. Each line
consist of eight syllables and the rhyme
scheme is ababcc . Soft consonants have
been used which gives a musical effect
when read aloud.
PASSAGE-3
i. How did the daffodils outdo the
waves?
i) The daffodils were more vibrant than
the waves. The daffodils danced and
fluttered and tossed their heads while the
waves just rippled and sparkled.
ii. What is meant by jocund company?
Which jocund company is the poet
referring to? Why does the poet find it
jocund?
ii) A jocund company means a happy and
gay party. The poet found himself in 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?
iii) The happy and beautiful scene made
the poet happy. But this joy was not
momentary. It was a joy forever. The
memory of the scene made him happy
again and again later. It was the wealth
the scene had brought to the poet. The
wealth was brought to the poet when he
encountered the golden daffodils
surpassing the beauty of dancing waves.
iv. What is the mood of the poet in the
above extract? Which lines tell you so?
Why is he in such a mood?
iv) The poet is in a happy mood. The lines
'A poet could not but be gay, In such a
jocund company' tells us that he was very
happy. The daffodils and the waves were
happy and rheir happiness was
infectious. It made him happy too.
v. With reference to the above extract,
state why Wordsworth can be called
nature poet.v) Wordsworth loved nature. 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.So we can say ……..
PASSAGE-4
i. What happens to the poet when the he
lies on his couch in a pensive mood?
i) 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?
ii) 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. The bliss comes
to him in the form of the memory of
dancing daffodils when he is alone, sad
and in thoughtful mood.
iii. Explain the transition from poet’s
pensive mood to his heart filled with joy.
iii) When the poet is lonely sad and in a
thoughrful mood , he lies on his couch.
But suddenly, the memory of the scene of
the dancing daffodlils flashes in his
imagination. He feels he is in the
company of the gay daffodils. His
loneliness, sadness and melancholy, all
vanishes. He is happy again. His heart is
filled ,with joy.
iv. With reference to the last two lines of
the extract, state the influence that
nature can have over an individual’s
mind.
iv) Nature is a healer. It is like a nurse. It
gives comfort and solace. It removes sad
and unhappy thoughts and fill our heartswith hope and joy.
v. Wordsworth says that poetry is “ the
overflow of feelings arising from
emotions recollected in tranquillity.’ In
this context, state how the poem shows
the truth of his statement.
v) 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
lets them sink into his mind. At a later
moment, 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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