Daffodils Flashcards
(15 cards)
Who wrote it?
William Wordsworth
What’s the theme?
Nature and hope
What’s the mood?
Light-hearted, peaceful, lonely
What’s the language?
Descriptive and aesthetic
What narrative is it?
First person
What’s an example of a simile?
I wandered lonely as a cloud
What’s 3 lines as an example of nature?
A host of golden daffodils
Beside the lake beneath the trees
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
When does the tone change to hopeful?
When all at once I saw a crowd
Where is there personification?
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
What’s an example of imagery in the second stanza?
They stretched in never ending line; Along the margin of the bay
Alliteration example
Ten thousand saw I at a glance
Personification in the 3rd stanza
The waves beside them dance but they outdid the sparkling waves in glee
Tone switch in the last stanza
For oft when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood
Last tone switch
And then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils
What’s the last tone?
Blissful
