Daffodils By William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (1770-1850), was a great English poet. When many poets still wrote about great kings, queens and heroes in a grand style, Wordsworth focussed on nature, children and common people and used simple language to express his feelings.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in a never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay;
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

The poem is based on an actual experience which Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy had while travelling in the Lake District of England The poem originally was called I wondered lonely as a cloud But later on was named Daffodils or The Daffodils in some collections William Wordsworth is known as the nature poet because most of his poems depict nature in her full bountiful glory He is a poet of the Romantic era of English literature The poets of this school of poetry deviated from the conventions of praising kings and queens and instead of writing about historical figures using opulent words ...

1.
What was the speaker doing when he first saw the daffodils?
2.
Describe the daffodils beside the lake.
3.
How did the speaker feel when he saw the daffodils?
4.
Why are the daffodils compared with the waves on the lake?
5.
When did the speaker remember the daffodils later in life?
6.
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
1. What is the effect that the daffodils have on the speaker? Pick out two words that convey this effect.
2. How do the phrases 'beside the lake' and 'beneath the trees' add to the effect?

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