THE DAFFODILS

Q.1     What was the poet doing ?

Ans.    The poet was wandering aimlessly in the country side ?

Q.2      What did he see ?

Ans.   He saw a host of golden daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Q.3     Where were the daffodils ?

Ans.    The daffodils were beside the lake and beneath the trees.

Q.4      Describe the scene in your own words ?

Ans.     The poet is wandering alone in the country side of  England. He comes across  thousands of golden daffodils under the trees and beside the lake . In the breeze the daffodils appear to be dancing. They just look as if they are stars that shine and  twinkle .

Q.5.   With what does the poet compare  the daffodils ?

Ans.   The poet compares the daffodils with the countless stars twinkling in the milky ways.

Q.6     What resemblance did he find between the stars and the daffodils ?

Ans.    The resemblance  that he finds between the stars and the daffodils is that they are countless and both are yellow in colour.

Q.7    How many flowers were there ?

Ans.   There were ten thousand daffodils at a glance.

Q.8     Where were the flowers ?

Ans.    The flowers were stretched along the margin of the bay.

Q.9      Which of the two danced more the waves or the daffodils ?

Ans.      The daffodils danced more than the waves.

Q.10     What did the poet feel looking at the daffodils?

Ans.     The poet was filled with joy and happiness when he saw the daffodils

Q.11   How can wealth come to the poet by looking at the scene before him?

Ans.    The poet enjoyed the scene of the golden daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze . In later years whenever Wordsworth  recalled the scene he got the same pleasure and happiness as before.

Q.12   What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?

Ans.   When he lies on his couch he remembers the joy and pleasure he got when he saw the daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Q.13   Mention the two moods of the poet ?

Ans.    The two moods of the  poet are vacant mood and pensive mood.

Q.14    How can the heart dance ?

Ans.     The memory of the flowers, filled the heart of the poet with pleasure and it begins to dance with the dancing daffodils.

Q.15   Has this ever happened to you ?

Ans.    Good moments of life always remain in ones memory. As is the case with every one else, it happens to me as well.

         Central idea of the poem:  This poem ha been written by William Wordsworth . In this poem the poet describes the beautiful scene presented by a large number of daffodils which he saw in his youth but he carried their memory to his old age and the thought of those daffodils make him happy when he is old and alone. Thus, a thing of beauty becomes the joy for ever.