ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘Of murmuring, sparkling, living love’ What does Wordsworth use to reminisce about the friendship?
A
simile
B
list of three
C
positive adjectives
D
alliteration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Alliteration: high o’er vales and Hills (line 2). Alliteration: When all at once (line 3). (Note that the w and o have the same consonant sound.) Personification/Metaphor: Comparison of daffodils to a crowd of people (lines 3-4).

Detailed explanation-2: -The example for alliteration is in line 4, ‘’A host, of golden daffodils; ”. It is the repetition of consonant /d/. Then in line 5, ‘’beside the lake, beneath the trees”. This line shows the repetition of /th/ sound.

Detailed explanation-3: -Literary Devices Synecdoche: It occurs in the first line “My heart leaps up when I behold”. Anaphora: Lines three to five begin similarly. It is an example of anaphora. Hyperbole: It occurs in “Or let me die”.

Detailed explanation-4: -3rd Stanza-poet repeats the word ‘gazed’ twice. The word ‘dance’ is repeated 3 times in the poem. The repetition of ‘gazed’ could show how much the speaker loved looking at the daffodils. The repetition of ‘dance’ shows the happiness and liveliness of the flowers.

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