ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Identify the poetic device:"Continuous as the stars that shine”
A
Hyperbole
B
Personification
C
Metaphor
D
Simile
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -State/explain 2 examples of a simile from “I wandered Lonely as a Cloud"? One example is lonely as a child. The speaker is saying saying he is lonely as a child. Another example is Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the simile in the first verse? An: I wandered lonely as a cloud‟, is the simile in the first verse.

Detailed explanation-4: -“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.

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