Al Karma Language School Pre

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English Department

Name: __________________ Class: ________________

A) Answer the following questions:

1- What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

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2- Who wrote the poem?
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3- 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 thousands saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance

a) Paraphrase the above stanza.

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b) Mention two figures of speech, write the lines and explain

them.
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4- Quote the stanza where the poet compares himself to

a cloud in the sky. Mention three different figures of
speech in the stanza, write the lines and explain them.
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5- The waves beside them danced, but they

Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not be gay,

In such a jocund company:

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I gazed – and gazed – but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought

Paraphrase the above lines and mention a figure of speech, write the

line and explain it.

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6- What is the main theme of the poem daffodils?

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