ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Meaning of ‘Bliss of solitude’
A
Happiness in Loneliness
B
Sadness when alone
C
Vacant mood
D
Joyful
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Bliss” means perfect happiness and “solitude” means “the state of being alone”. So “bliss of solitude” means perfect happiness while being alone. He poet feels happiness and joy when he is alone and thinks of those daffodils . Their memories never let the poet remain down and sad.

Detailed explanation-2: -The phrase ‘bliss of solitude’ implies that solitude is pleasant as it gives the poet the opportunity to dwell on the memory of the daffodils dancing in the breeze.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is this that he attempts to convey when the speaker says that the image of the daffodils upon the “inward eye” makes them “the bliss of solitude". Here the speaker means that when he is alone and the thought of the daffodils comes to his memory, the solitude he is in becomes a blissful experience.

Detailed explanation-4: -1 Answer. Yes, the phrase bliss of solitude is a metaphor. Bliss of solitude means the happiness of being alone. For the poet, daffodils are his bliss of solitude.

Detailed explanation-5: -The poet loves rain because it carries him in old memories. He thinks it is a bliss to hear the sound of the rain on the roof. He lies in his cozy bed and enjoys the music of nature. It is a bliss for him.

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