06: Daffodils By William Wordsworth : Icse-x-english

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Qstn #1
Who is referred to 'l' in the extract? Where is 'T' and what is he doing?
Ans : The poet William Wordsworth is referred to 'I' in the extract. 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.

Qstn #2
Explain the following lines:
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Ans : All at once the poet notices a group of daffodils waving in the breeze. He calls them a 'crowd because they are packed tightly together. Then he elaborates the word 'crowd' by adding the noun 'host'. A host is a big group. As the daffodils are large in numbers, the poet refers them as a 'host'. The figure of speech used in 'A host of daffodils' is personification as the daffodils are personified and given human qualities.

Qstn #3
Why do you think the poet refers to the daffodils as golden?
Ans : While wandering alone around through the hills and valleys, the poet notices a group of daffodil flowers. The poet is enchanted to see the bright yellow colour of daffodils. He poet uses the word 'golden' to create more majestic sound in the poem. His enthusiasm and love towards nature is reflected in the term 'golden'.

Qstn #4
Describe the scene in your own words.
Ans : 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. The flowers were moving due to the soft breeze which blew over their heads in a beautiful way. It seemed that they were dancing.

Qstn #5
How does the poet describe himself in the first two lines? Do you think the use of the word "wandered" appropriate here?
Ans : The speaker describes how he walked around and felt as lonely as a cloud. 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. Thus, the use of this word is appropriate as it reflects the sad mood of the poet.

Qstn #6
What does the use of the phrase "lonely as a cloud" suggest?
Ans : Usually, clouds are not supposed to be lonely. It's more likely, the speaker is projecting his own loneliness on the clouds. But that still doesn't explain the strange image, because clouds usually travel in groups. Maybe a cloud is lonely because it is so far above the rest of the world. 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.

Qstn #1
With what does the poet compare the daffodils? Explain the resemblance.
Ans : 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. The poet says that the flowers were countless and stretched continuously along the edge of the lake as the stars in the Milky Way.

Qstn #2
Explain the lines- "They stretched in never-ending line, along the margin of a bay:"
Ans : The poet is attracted towards a large number of golden daffodils. He possesses the eagerness to watch them more carefully. He tells that the daffodils are roughly concentrated in a line along the bank of the lake that seems to stretch as far as the eye can see. It creates a beautiful vision to the poet.

Qstn #3
Why does the poet says. "Ten thousand saw I at a glance"? What literary device is used here and why?
Ans : The sight of the daffodils being present in large numbers along the shore of the lake, spellbind the poet that he in a quick glance guesses them to be 'ten thousand'. The literary device used here is 'hyperbole'. The poet has used this literary device to stress the number of daffodils in more presentable manner and to reveal the impact it has laid on him and to give a better vision of the scene.

Qstn #4
What is meant by the margin of the bay?
Ans : This stanza tells us that the poet comes across near the shore of a lake. Suddenly, he is enchanted by the beauty of the waving golden daffodils which are stretched far and wide in large numbers along the margin of the bay. ‘Margin of the Bay in the poem, means near the shore of a lake.

Qstn #5
How are the daffodils described here?
Ans : The poet says that there are a whole lot of daffodils and in a quick glance guesses them to be 'ten thousand'. The poet says that the yellow flowers tossed their heads beautifully in the breeze as if they are engaged in a lively dance. Moreover, they gleamed and stretched 'continuously, without a break, like the stars in the Milky Way galaxy for putting a greater implication in indicating that the flowers are heavenly as the stars

Qstn #1
How did the daffodils outdo the waves?
Ans : The poet says that the sparkling waves danced in the breeze, but the beauty of the bright daffodils surpassed their beauty. The daffodils seemed to dance with the breeze with much more liveliness and their sight seemed happier than the waves which did not bring as much joy as the yellow flowers.