READING COMPREHENSION (CLASS 9 AND 10)SOLVED WORKSHEET 6 -DAFFODILS

SOLVED WORKSHEET 6 

DAFFODILS   BY William Words Worth

Stanza 1
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.

Stanza 2
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

Stanza 3
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:

Stanza 4
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.


SYNONYMS

Fluttering – moving in light irregular motion.
Tossing- moving from side to side.
Gay- cheerful
Glee- delight or pleasure
Sprightly – lively full of energy
Jocund – cheerful and light hearted.
Oft- archaic word meaning often

Read the poem carefully and answer the following questions:

1. Pick up the poetic device used in the first two line of the poem.
 “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is a simile the poet compares himself to clouds.

2. Pick out a simile in stanza2.
“continuous as the stars that shine”.

3. In stanza 3 what does the word wealth refers to.
 It refers to abundance of thought.

4. In Stanza 4 why does the poet say inward eye.
 He uses the word inward eye to refer to his mind because he recalls the memory of daffodils whenever he feels lonely.

5. What does the jocund company consists of?
 The 'jocund company' consists of daffodils, clouds, stars, breeze, vales, waves, hills and lakes.

 6. What is bliss of solitude in the poem Daffodils?
The 'bliss of solitude' means the blessings of loneliness.

7. Explain the mood of the poet in the beginning and in the end.
 In the beginning being near the Daffodils he was in a melancholic mood but at the end of the poem the poet being away from the Daffodils is overwhelmed and overjoyed with happiness and he regards the Daffodils as the wealth of his future which makes him happy ,nature is the food of poetry.

8. What is the tone of the poem.
 The poem is written in Autobiographical tone.