ENGLISH:
POEM - GOLDEN DAFFODILS
Stanza No. 1
Word Meanings
1. Wandered - Walked here
and there without purpose.
2. Vale - Valley, space between hills
or mountains. 3. Host - Great number or Groups.
4. Daffodils - Beautiful yellow flowers. 5.
fluttering - Housing in breeze.
Question and Answers
Q.1 What was the poet doing?
Ans. The poet was wandering aimlessly in
the country side.
Q.2 What did he see?
Ans. He saw a host of Golden Daffodils fluttering
and dancing in the breeze.
Q.3 Where were the daffodils?
Ans. The daffodils were beside the lake and
beneath the tree.
Q.4 Describe the scene in your own
words?
Ans. The poet is walking all alone in the
English Country side. Thousands of Golden Daffodils are growing
beneath the trees and beside the lake. In the strong breeze the
daffodils appear to be doing a
brisk lovely dance. So numerous are they, that they seem to be as
countless as stars in the milky way.
Stanza No. 2
Word Meanings
1. Continuous - Going on without a break.
2. Milky way - A bright belt of stars in the sky.
3. Bay - Small part of sea or lake.
4. At a glance - Quick look.
5. Tossing - Rising and falling.
6. Sprightly - Lively, brisk
Question and Answers
Q.1 With what does the poet compare
the daffodils?
Ans. The poet compares the daffodils with
the countless twinkling stars in the milky way.
Q.2 What resemblance did he find between
the stars and the daffodils?
Ans. The resemblance which he finds between
the stars and daffodils is that they are numerous and both are
yellow in colour.
Q.3 How many flowers were there?
Ans. There were ten thousand daffodils at
a glance.
Q.4 Where were the flowers?
Ans. The flowers were stretched along the
margin of the bay.
Stanza No. 3
Word Meanings
1. Out did - Past tense of out do - did better
than.
2. Sparkling - Shining
3. Glu - Happiness
4. Journal - Gay, lively
5. Gazed - Looked with wonder.
6. What wealth - Here, what happiness.
7. The show - The scene (of the daffodils dancing
and fluttering)
Question and Answers
Q.1 Which of the two danced more the
waves or the daffodils?
Ans. The daffodils danced more than the waves.
Q.2 What did the poet feel looking
at the daffodils?
Ans. The poet was filled with joy and happiness
when he saw the daffodils.
Q.3 How can wealth come to the poet
by looking at the scene before him?
Ans. The poet enjoyed the scene of the golden
daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze. In later years,
whenever words worth recall the scene, he got the same pleasure
and happiness as before.
Stanza No. 4
Word Meanings
1. Oft - Often, many times
2. Vacant - Free hours, leisure time
3. Pensive - Seriously thoughtful.
4. Flash - Sudden bright light.
5. Inward eye - Deep looks power to see the past
experience in mind.
6. Bless of solitude - Great job of being alone.
Question and Answers
Q.1 What happens to the poet when he
lies on his couch?
Ans. When the poet lies on the couch he remembers
the joy and pleasure he got when he saw the daffodils
fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Q.2 Mention the two moods of the poet.
Ans. The two moods of the poet are:
Vacant Mood
Pensive
Mood
Q.3 How can the heart dance?
Ans. The memory of the flowers, filled the
heart of the poet with pleasure and it begins to dance with the
dancing daffodils.
Q.4 Has this ever happened to you?
Ans. A good thing always remains in one's
memory, it reacts when one thinks of it. It is a case with every
one and so
as well as with me. |