English IX - Chapter No.6 - Reference To Context (Poem Section)

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The Daffodils

Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book One For Class IX

Explain With Reference To Context: (Poem)

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 No.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 (KHI Board -General Group 2019)
(i) Name the poem and the poet / poetess.
(ii)What was the poet / poetess doing? And what did he/she see there?
(iii)What happen when the poet /poetess recalls the lovely sight of?
(iv) Give the central idea of the poem?
(v) Explain the words " Milky way"

Ans:
(i) The above stanza is taken from the poem "The Daffodils". The poem is written by famous English poet William Wordsworth.
(ii) One day the poet was walking aimlessly in the valley. He saw a large number of the daffodils under the trees beside the lake.
(iii) When the lovely sight of flowers would come before his eye,  his heart was then filled with joy and pleasure.
(iv) In the poem"The Daffodils" poet William Words worth gave the message that "Beautiful things especially natures's beauty is a great source of happiness. A beautiful scene stays in the memory for a long time. Whenever such scenes flash back in the memory, they fill us with pleasure." In short
"A beauty of nature is a joy forever."
(v) "Milky way" is a bright belt of stars in the sky. The poet said that the daffodils stretched along the margin of a bay in a never-ending line like the stars spreads on the milky way.


The waves beside them danced; but they
Outdid 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 No.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.
(i) Name the poem and the poet / poetess.
(ii) Write the meaning of "pensive" and "solitude".
(iii) Give the Central idea of the poem.
Ans:
(i)  The above stanza is taken from the poem "The Daffodils". The poem is written by famous English poet William Wordsworth.
(ii)

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Pensive	Seriously thoughtful
2.	Solitude	Loneliness

(iii) In the poem"The Daffodils" poet William Words worth gave the message that "Beautiful things especially natures's beauty is a great source of happiness. A beautiful scene stays in the memory for a long time. Whenever such scenes flash back in the memory, they fill us with pleasure." In short
"A beauty of nature is a joy forever."