ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Daffodils is a poem about ____
A
a kind of plants
B
a kind of animals
C
a kind of flowers
D
a kind of fruits
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (also commonly known as “Daffodils") is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. It is one of his most popular, and was inspired by a forest encounter on 15 April 1802 between he, his younger sister Dorothy and a “long belt” of daffodils.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary of Daffodils The poem was composed in the year 1802. The title of the poem informs about the loneliness of the poet which he faces after the death of his brother. However, the endless view of the golden daffodils in a field across the lake filled him with joy. This view was the greatest gift of nature to him.

Detailed explanation-3: -A lyric poem inspired by an event on 15 April 1802, when William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy came across a “long belt” of daffodils in the Lake District, where they lived at the time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Where were the daffodils and what where they doing ? Answer: The daffodils were by the side of the lake under the trees. They were fluttering under in the breeze as if they were dancing like human beings expressing their joy and energy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ans – The flowers fluttered and danced in the breeze, they stretched in a never-ending line and they tossed their heads in a sprightly dance.

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