Podar International School, Osmanabad

Std: V Subject : English CHAPTER Daffodils

Value of Chapter : Appreciate nature.

1. Fill in the blanks.

a) The poet wandered as lonely as a cloud .
b) The daffodils were fl uttering and dancing in the breeze .
c) The poet saw ten thousand daffodils at a glance
d) The beside the waves daffodils also danced in the breeze.
e) Memories of the daffodils fi lled the poet’s heart with pleasure.
2. Read the given extract and answer the following questions.
a) They flash upon that inward eye,
Which is the bliss of solitude.
i) What is referred to as ’they’?
Ans. . i. ‘They’ refers to the daffodils.
ii) Where did the poet see them?
Ans. The poet saw several daffodils fluttering in the breeze, under the trees, along
the margin of a bay.
iii) When do they flash upon the poet’s ‘inward eye’?
Ans. The scene of the daffodils flash upon the poet’s inward eye when he lies on his
couch in a pensive mood.
iv) Give the synonym of the word ’bliss’.
Ans. pleasure/happiness
3. Answer the following questions.
a) While the poet was wandering, what did he see and where did he
see them?
Ans. The poet saw a host of golden daffodils while he was wandering. He saw the daffodils growing beside the
lake, beneath the trees.
b) What does the poet compare the daffodils to? Why does he make
such a comparison?
Ans. The poet compares the daffodils to the stars that shine and twinkle in the Milky
Way. The poet makes such a comparison, because to him, the daffodils seemed to
grow in never-ending lines like the stars in a galaxy. Also, the yellow daffodils
seemed to shine and glow brightly like the stars twinkling in the sky.
c) How many daffodils does the poet say that he saw at a glance? Why
does he say so?
Ans . The poet says that he saw ten thousand daffodils at a glance. He says so in order to highlight that the whole
area along the lake was covered
with blooming, uncountable daffodils.
d) Describe the poet’s thoughts on seeing the daffodils.
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Std: V Subject : English CHAPTER Daffodils
Value of Chapter : Appreciate nature.
Ans. The poet felt that one cannot be anything but happy in the company of the
cheerful daffodils.The beautiful daffodils filled his heart with joy
e) When does the poet remember the daffodils? How does he feel?
Ans. The poet often remembers the daffodils when he rests on his couch in a deep
and pensive mood. The memory of the daffodils fills his heart with pleasure.
Q.4 - Identify and write examples of the following figures of speech from
the poem.
a) Alliteration: beside the lake, beneath the trees
b) Simile: I wandered lonely as a cloud.
c) Personification: : fluttering and dancing in the breeze
5. Complete the crossword with the help of the given clues.
Ans. Down
1. great delight -Glee
2. moved aimlessly - Wandered
3 motion made by moving up and down - Fluttering
4. move from side to side - Tossing
Across
5 deeply thoughtful - Pensive
6. . shine with a gleam that
changes constantly from
bright to faint - Twinkling
7. . spread - stretched
8. without interruption - continuous
6. Make a list of all the adjectives used in the poem to describe the
daffodils and the poet.
Ans. Daffodils – golden, sprightly, continuous, never ending, jocund.
Poet- vacant, pensive, lonely.
 Podar International School, Osmanabad
Std: V Subject : English CHAPTER Daffodils
Value of Chapter : Appreciate nature.

Work Book (Question & Answer )

1. Complete the summary of the poem. Use the pictorial hints provided.
The poet was wandering as lonely as a cloud. He was walking
through the vales and hills. Suddenly, as he passed a lake, he noticed a big group of
yellow daffodils waving in the breeze. There were ten thousand of them around this particular bay. And all these
flowers were dancing. So did the waves of the lake. But the daffodils danced
better. The poet’s loneliness was replaced by joy, but he didn't
even realize what wealth he has received until later. Now, whenever he’s lying on his couch, feeling kind of
pensive, he just thinks of the daffodils, and his
heart dances happily.
2. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
a) Why does it appear that waves and the daffodils are competing?
Ans. When the poet saw the daffodils they appeared to be tossing their head in
a sprightly dance. The waves in the bay beside which the daffodils grew

also appeared to be moving in a joyful dance. Moreover, the poet felt that
the movement of the daffodils was better than that of the sparkling waves. Thus it appears as though the
daffodils and the waves were competing.
b) How do we know that ‘this’ show of the daffodils had a long lasting effect
on the poet?
Ans. The poet gives us a vivid description of the daffodils and the place where
he saw them. The poet also mentions that when he saw the daffodils he
didn’t realise the wealth of experience he had accumulated. However, later
on when he sat in a thoughtful mood the image of the daffodils flashed in
his mind. This tells us that the show of the daffodils has had a long lasting
effect on the poet.
3. Then and Now
How does the poem make use of contrast? Consider the contrast between
the poet’s feeling before, while and after seeing the daffodils.
Before : The poet was walking around through the hills and valleys, but
he felt all lonely and sad.
While : The poet’s loneliness was replaced by joy, but he didn't even
realise what a gift he has received until later.
After : Now, whenever the poet is in a thoughtful mood, he just thinks
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Std: V Subject : English CHAPTER Daffodils
Value of Chapter : Appreciate nature.
of the daffodils, and his heart is happily dancing.
4. Poetry is all around us. How has William Wordsworth used his five senses to describe the daffodils
which he saw in the spring?
1.Taste- He tastes the sweet air of spring or the salt of the water in
the bay.
2. Touch- He feels the wind in his hair from the breeze.
3.Smell- He smells the dampness in the air from the water in the
lake.
4.Sight- He sees many brightly coloured yellow daffodils and the
sparkle of the lake.
5. Sound- He hears the rustling of the leaves of the flowers and the silence of solitude.