ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘The Daffodils’ is a poem written by____
A
John Keats
B
William Wordsworth
C
P.B Shelly
D
T.S Eliot
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: -The 24-line poem shown in this manuscript sums up the simple splendour of flowers waving in a Lake District breeze. It is one of England’s most famous poems. Wordsworth wrote it in 1804, remembering a walk with his sister two years earlier. It was first published in 1807.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poem praises the beauty of the many daffodils in the hillside as they dance in the sun. The theme of the poem is that beautiful memories of nature can cheer one in later times through the power of imagination.

Detailed explanation-4: -William Wordsworth – author of ‘Daffodils’ (I wandered Lonely as a Cloud) | The British Library.

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