ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Daffodils is a ____
A
Lyrical poem
B
Poetic Parable
C
Narrative poem
D
Didactic poem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (also commonly known as “Daffodils") is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth.

Detailed explanation-2: -’I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, ’ also known as ‘Daffodils, ’ is a poem by William Wordsworth. It is considered a lyric poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -The musical quality of this extract is the dance of Daffodils “Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.”. Their swaying movement of the Daffodils in the breeze has been compared to a lively dance that was able to create a rhythym.

Detailed explanation-4: -Composition. While “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” matches Wordsworth’s description of poetic process in the preface to Lyrical Ballads, he actually composed the poem some years after the success of that anthology.

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