Ch#5 : Daffodils

Question 1

What are the meanings of the words?

1. Wandered
2. Bay
3. At a glance
4. Tossing
5. Vacant
6. Inward Eye
7. Stretch
8. Beneath
9. Sprightly
10. Gay

Answer 1

1. Roam
2. Border
3. In one look
4. Moving
5. Empty
6. Eye of imagination
7. Spread
8. Under
9. Excitedly
10. Happy

Question 2

What is the central idea of the poem?

Answer 2

The beautiful poem “Daffodils” has been written by William Wordsworth. The poet presents the central idea that we all probably have a moment in our life that we replay in our memory. The poet not only presents the attractive and.exciting beauty of nature but also tells about the purifying and enduring impact of it on the human mind.

Question 3

What do the Daffodils represent in the poem?

Answer 3

The daffodils present the attractive and exicitng beauty of nature and its purifying and enduring impact on the human mind. It beautifully presents before us not only the attractive and exciting beauty of nature but also the purifying and enduring impact of it on the human mind.

Question 4

What wealth does the memory of the scene bring to the poet?

Answer 4

The “wealth” is the memory in the poets life which he replays in his mind. It is the wealth of mental peace and satisfaction. We probably have a moment in our life that we replay in our mind. Photographs and videos cannot capture out feeling so the poet saves his feelings in his imagination.

Question 5

What is meant by “Host of golden daffodils”?

Answer 5

The poet thinks of himself as a guest of the daffodils. He believes that the daffodils are hosting him.

Question 6

Paraphrase the stanza :
I wandered as lonely as a cloud 
That floats over high 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

Answer 6

This stanza has been taken from the beautiful poem “Daffodils” written by William Wordsworth. In this beautiful poem , the poet shares an experience from when he was walking alone in the countryside. He compares himself a cloat that floats over vales and hills while wandering about. The poet at once saw numerous golden daffodils which grew in a never ending line beside the lake and beneath the trees. The poet uses simile and personification. He creates imagery by words.

Question 7

Paraphrase the following stanza ;
Continous 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 i saw at a glance
Tossing their heads in a sprightly dance

Answer 7

These lines have been taken from the beautiful poem Daffodils written by William Wordsworth. In this stanza , the poet saw numberous golden daffodils. They were growing in a never ending line so he compares them to the milky way. The heads of the Daffodils were moving as if they were dancing happily. In this stanza , the poet uses the scientific term Milky Way which shows that the poet has broad scientific knowledge. The poet uses personification and compares the movement of the Daffodils to the movement of human heads.

Question 8

Paraphrase the stanza :
The waves besides them danced , but they
Out did the sparkling waves in glee
A poet could not but be gay,
In such jocind company
I gazed and gazed but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought

Answer 8

This stanza is taken from the poem “Daffodils” written by William Wordsworth. In this stanza , the poet compare the daffodils fluttering in the breeze to the dancing waves of the lake.He gazed as long as he could absorb their beauty. At that time , he did not realize what great “wealth” of happiness that scene was bringing to him at the present and for the future. In this stanza , the poet is using very beautiful words for the description of nature.

Question 9

Paraphrase the stanza:
For oft when on my couch i lie,
In vacant or in pensive
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude
And then my heart with pleasure fills 
and dances with the Daffodils

Answer 9

The stanza has been taken from the poem Daffodils written by William Wordsworth.In this stanza , the poet is too impressed with the beauty of the flowers.When he is in a sad mood , the scene of the dancing daffodils flashes upon his inward eye. He is able to see the daffodils in their sprightly dance in his imagination and once again the poet experiences the same joy.