ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"To Daffodils, ” by the 17th-century English poet Robert Herrick, mourns and ultimately accepts the brevity of life. The poem’s speaker pleads with spring’s withering daffodils to stick around until the sun sets, before declaring that human lives are just as fleeting as those of the flowers.

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: -Personification is also used in the 6 line “Fluttering and dancing in the breeze”-here as the daffodils are said to be dancing in the breeze, they referred to as a person. The poet personified daffodils are dancing as a man.

Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Herrick – Fair daffodils, we weep to see (To Daffodils)