ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” contains a number of similes and metaphors. The similes occur early in the poem (“as a cloud”; “as the stars”). After that the poem becomes more metaphorical. One of the most pervasive metaphors is that the flowers are dancing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Simile. A Simile is a literary device in with a word or phrase is used to compare or describe another thing. In Simile one thing is like the other, so the word “like” or “as” is used to show the comparison between two things.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: There are two similes used in this poem. “I wandered lonely as a cloud.” He compares his loneliness with a single cloud. The second is used in the opening line of the second stanza, “Continues as the stars that shine.” Here Wordsworth compares the endless row of daffodils with countless stars.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poet compares the daffodils with stars shining in the galaxy as like the stars, the daffodils were everywhere. Next, he describes his joy in terms of wealth. For him seeing them is his wealth. He calls the shores of the lake as line which is also a metaphor.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the first stanza, the poet uses a simile to describe how alone he feels. Wordsworth feels as if “he wandered lonely as a cloud”. He uses clouds as a measurement to represent his solitude. The clouds are a very significant distant from the ground, so that’s how he wants the reader to imagine his feelings.