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Grade : IX Topic : DAFFODILS

ANNOTATION 1
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.

1. Who is the speaker in the above lines? What does he compare himself to?
Where does he see the daffodils?
• The poet
• a cloud
• beside the lake, beneath the trees

2. What is the mood expressed in the above lines? What are the daffodils said to
be doing? What are they compared to?
• Joyous
• Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
• Stars in the Milky-Way

3. What effect does the sight of the daffodils have on the poet?
• The poet is thrilled to see a host of golden daffodils by the lakeside, under the
trees, moving their heads in a joyful dance.
• His imagination travels to another world to find a comparison.
• He is reminded of the long line of stars twinkling in the Milky- Way. • He feels
mesmerized and enriched by the beauty of the golden daffodils.

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ANNOTATION 2
Read the given extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: 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;

1. Whose company is being referred to here? Why is it being described as being

jocund? Who does the poet say compete in glee?
• daffodils
• because the beauty of the vast stretch of the daffodils fills the poet’s heart with
happiness
• The dancing daffodils compete with the waves in glee.

2. Name the poetic devices used by Wordsworth. What are its effects?
• The poet has used alliteration, repetition and rhyme scheme to enhance the
lyrical quality of the poem.
• He has also used simile, personification and hyperbole to describe the beauty
he sees and to express the exhilaration his heart feels.

3. Whom did the daffodils outdo and How? Which wealth is referred to by the
poet?
• the waves
• by tossing their heads in a sprightly dance
• wealth of joy and happiness

4. Where do you think the poet is walking? Describe the view that he sees.
• By the lake side / along the margin of bay
• A host of golden daffodils
• They were stretched in a never-ending line.
• They looked like the stars in a Milky-Way.
• They were fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
• They were tossing their heads in a sprightly dance.

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5. Describe the view that makes the poet happy.
• saw a host of golden daffodils ( ten thousand)
• fluttering and dancing in the breeze
• stretched in a never-ending line
• tossing their heads in a sprightly dance
• compared them to the stars in the milky way

ANNOTATION 3
Read the given extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: They
flash upon that inward eye
Which is a bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

1. Explain:
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is a bliss of solitude;
• speaker – the poet
• listener – reader
• the poet remembers the sight of the daffodils which he had seen some time ago
• the scene is visualized by him in his mind and that image gives extreme
happiness to him whenever he is in a pensive mood

2. How is the last verse different from the other verse?

• the poem explores the feelings of the poet
• the first three stanzas describe the daffodils which he had witnessed earlier •
the last verse is the reflection of what he had seen
• that sight still plays on his mind and gives him inner peace and inspires him

3. What do you think is the poet’s attitude towards nature and loneliness?
• Nature - appreciates nature, absorbs its beauty and is impressed by its beauty
• Loneliness – he finds solitude pleasant as it gives him an opportunity to dwell
on the memory of the daffodils, it is during this time that he is free wherein he
recollects the previous memories making the moment blissful even in his
solitude.

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4. What do we learn about the poet from the poem?
• The poet is a nature lover.
• He enjoys being with nature and feels one with nature.
• The different elements of nature give him immense pleasure.
5. Do you think in the modern world of today man is tampering with nature?
Justify.
• Yes, many forests have been cleared, wildlife destroyed in the name of
development.
• No, much efforts are made to preserve wild life and birds in sanctuaries.

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