ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The poet has personified “daffodils” in the third line of the poem, such as, “When all at once I saw a crowd.” The crowd shows the number of daffodils. The second example of personification is used in the second stanza as, “Tossing their heads and sprightly dance.” It shows that the Daffodils are humans that can dance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Personification means that the poet attributes human qualities to non-human things. To Wordsworth, the daffodils look like a “crowd” or a “host” of people. They cheerfully toss their “heads” (12), know how to dance, and provide good “company” (16), which is more than can be said of some individuals.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poetic device used in the Poem the Daffodils was personification . Explanation: In the poem the Daffodils the poet William Wordsworth personify the Daffodils as a character which gives him a good memory . Also he personify the waves of lakes and other natural objects present there in the scene.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Lines 3-4, The poem (Daffodils) itself is personified as a crowd of persons although such kind of personification continues in the entire poem. Line 6, Daffodils can’t “dance” thus Wordsworth is explaining to them (people) an activity that is considered for them.