It’s more likely, the speaker is projecting his own loneliness on the clouds. Usually, the clouds are not supposed to be lonely. What does the use of the phrase “lonely as a cloud” suggest?Īns. Thus, the use of this word is appropriate as it reflects the sad mood of the poet. He doesn’t say, “walked around”, but uses the much more descriptive word “wandered.” The verb “to wander” means “to roam around.” Here, the past tense form of this verb has been used to suggest the feeling of purposelessness and directionlessness. The speaker describes how he walked around and felt as lonely as a cloud. How does the poet describe himself in the first two lines? Do you think the use of the word “wandered” appropriate here?Īns. The flowers were moving due to the soft breeze which blew over their heads in a beautiful way. The poet was lonely and was just wandering here and there when he saw a large group of bright and beautiful daffodils under the trees, along the bank of a lake. Describe the scene in your own words.Īns. His enthusiasm and love towards nature is reflected in the term ‘golden’. He poet uses the word ‘golden’ to create more majestic sound in the poem.
The poet is enchanted to see the bright yellow colour of daffodils. While wandering alone around through the hills and valleys, the poet notices a group of daffodil flowers. Why do you think the poet refers to the daffodils as golden?Īns. The figure of speech used in ‘A host of daffodils‘ is personification as the daffodils are personified and given human qualities. As the daffodils are large in numbers, the poet refers them as a ‘host’. Then he elaborates the word ‘crowd’ by adding the noun ‘host’. He calls them a ‘crowd’ because they are packed tightly together. All at once the poet notices a group of daffodils waving in the breeze. He is wandering lonely in a natural scenery as a cloud in the sky that freely floats over the hills and valleys, when suddenly he sees a beautiful spectacle of golden bright daffodils near the lake and under the boughs of the trees. The poet William Wordsworth is referred to ‘I’ in the extract. Who is referred to ‘I’ in the extract? Where is ‘I’ and what is he doing?Īns. That floats on high o’er vales and hills,įluttering and dancing in the breeze. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
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