Daffodils

 Summary

In this poem the writer, William Wordsworth expresses his views about the nature and the human. This poem is not about self-feelings but it is the actual visualization. The poet starts the poem by his feeling as loneliness walking as a lonely cloud. He symbolizes it because of the death of his beloved one. He is thinking about someone while walking alone. He saw the daffodils which were very large in amount. They were beside the lake and fluttering in the breeze. They were continuously shinning like the stars shine in the Milky Way. We cannot count them because of their large amount. The writer gets amused when he sees them in large amount. He at once forgets about his sorrow. This sight of beautiful daffodils give his pleasure that he could not take off his eyes from them. The theme of the story is very simple. The writer conveys the beauty of nature through this poem. He says that the nature is very beautiful and charming. The memory of the daffodils amuses him and makes him happy when he is alone, bored. Moreover, the characterization of the surprising happening of a memory the daffodils “flash upon the inward eye”, which is “the bliss of solitude” is psychologically acute, but the poem’s main theme lies in the reverse personification of its initial stanzas.

Important Questions and Answers

Q1: How do you compare the daffodils with the stars?

Ans: we compare the daffodils with the stars because both of them enhances the beauty of the nature. Both of them are stretched in never ending line. The stars make the sky beautiful by shinning at night and daffodils make the nature by its beauty and charm. 

Q2: How does the poet feel in the company of daffodils?

Ans: the poet feels happy in the company of daffodils because he releases him from sufferings and sorrow. The daffodils were spread beside the lake, beneath the trees. The waves and daffodils were dancing. But the dancing of daffodils make him happy. It makes him so amuse that he cannot take off his eyes from them.

Q3: What is the central idea of the poem?

Ans: The central idea of the poem is that nature is beautiful, purified and ever lasting impact on human. It makes everyone happy and amuse. By seeing it, every sufferings and sorrow will be gone. It is so beautiful that one cannot take off his eyes from it. 

Q4: What do the daffodils represent in the poem?

Ans: Daffodils represent nature and its beauties, purified and ever lasting impact on human. It makes everyone happy and amuse. By seeing it, every sufferings and sorrow will be gone. It is so beautiful that one cannot take off his eyes from it.

Q5:What "wealth" do memories of the scene give to the poet?

Ans: The word “wealth” memories of the scene give the writer happiness, amusement, pleasure and relief from sorrow. He was thinking about the death of his beloved one and surprises about seeing the beauty of daffodils. He at once forget about his past thinking and starts seeing the beauty of nature. 

Q6: List the word that heighten the sound effect in the poem.

Ans: The words which is written in the poem are cloud, crowd, hills, daffodils, trees, breeze and stars. These are the words which enhances the beauty of the nature which the writer cannot take off his eyes. 

Q7: How has the poet heightened the impact of the poem by using the figurative language?

Ans: The poet highlights the impact of the poem through figurative language because he compares the daffodils with Milky Way stars and their dance with waves. He relates these words because it amuses him a lot. He forgot what he was thinking after seeing the beauty of the nature. They were so immense in amount that they were spread all over the way.