ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -5. What happens when the poet is in a ‘vacant’ or ‘pensive mood’? Ans – Whenever the poet is alone or in a thoughtful mood, the memory of the beauty of the daffodils is recollected by him with happiness. His heart then fills with supreme joy and dances with the daffodils.

Detailed explanation-2: -At other times he feels “pensive, ” which means he thinks kind-of-sad thoughts. You can’t be both “vacant” and “pensive” because one means “not thinking, ” and the other means “thinking while feeling blue.” But he groups the two experiences together because both are vaguely unpleasant and dissatisfying.

Detailed explanation-3: -What happens to the poet when the he lies on his couch in a pensive mood? Answer:-When the poet lies down on his couch in a pensive mood, the memory of the scene of dancing daffodils flashes on his mind. He feels he is again in the company of happy daffodils and it makes his heart dance with them again.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: In his pensive mood, the poet, William Wordsworth is reminded of the beautiful time he had had with the golden daffodils, one fine morning. At that vacant moment he could again feel the same happiness he had felt at that time. His heart fills with pleasure and he feels the ‘bliss of solitude’.