|Poem- I wandered lonely as a cloud

William Wordsworth
I.Meanings
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II. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given
below
1.Tossing their heads in sprightly dance
a. Do you think the flowers were actually dancing?
Ans a. The daffodils were not dancing. They were swaying with the breeze.
b. What does the poet mean by ‘sprightly dance’?
Ans b. By ‘sprightly dance’ the poet means the lively movement of the
daffodils.
2. What wealth the show to me had brought:
a. Is the poet talking about money here?
Ans No. The poet is not talking about money.
b. If not, then what kind of wealth is he talking of ?
Ans. The poet is talking about the rich memory of dancing daffodils.
III. Answer the following questions
1.What does the poet compare the host of golden daffodils to?
Ans. The poet compares the host of daffodils to the continuously twinkling
stars of the Milky Way.
2.Whenever the poet was in a pensive mood, what would make him happy
all over again?
Ans. The memory of daffodils would make the poet happy, when he was in a
pensive mood.
3. Where did the poet see a crowd of daffodils?
Ans The poet saw a crowd of daffodils beside the lake and beneath the trees.
4. To what in the sky has the poet compared the countless daffodils?
Ans. The poet has compared the countless daffodils to the twinkling stars in the
Milkyway.
5. What ‘wealth’ did the poet get by seeing the daffodils? How did
the daffodils give this ‘wealth’ to the poet?
Ans The sight of daffodils made the poet abundantly happy. This joy was
his wealth. When the daffodils fluttered and danced in the breeze,
twinkled like stars in a never-ending line, tossed their heads in a happy
dance and sparkled more than the waves, the poet felt as happy as the
daffodils.

IV Make meaningful sentences using the given words

1.sprightly - He's a sprightly old man of seventy-five.
2.jocund - The jocund song put everyone in a happy frame of mind.
3.solitude She wished to work on her novel in solitude.
4.pensive - After losing his job, Alex became more pensive than ever.