ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The daffodils have been personified as human beings, fluttering and “tossing their heads” in a “sprightly dance”. So the literary device used here is personification. This personification affirms the instinctive harmony between man and nature.

Detailed explanation-2: -An example is when he says “Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance”. In this quote, the reader can envision thousands of little flowers swirling in the wind. The pedals dancing in a multitude of directions without a care in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. Sprightly dance means dance of joy and ecstasy. The flowers were dancing joyously, as if in rapture, in the gentle breeze.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Ten thousand saw I at a glance. This is a fine instance of Hyperbole. A hyperbole is an exaggeration not meant to be taken literally. When the poet says that he saw ten thousand daffodils at a glance, he certainly means a lot of flower, a host of daffodils, and not ‘ten thousand’ literally.

Detailed explanation-5: -The phrase Ten thousand saw I at a glance is a hyperbole that means the poet saw a large number of daffodils which he could not count. The daffodils were Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The word head here refers to the top flower part of the plant.