ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Metaphor: Wordsworth uses one metaphor in this poem in the last stanza “They flash upon that inward eye.” Here “inward eye” represents the sweet memory of daffodils. Imagery: The use of imagery makes the reader visualize the writer’s feelings and emotions.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the poem mentioned metaphor has been used in the expression “They flash upon that inward eye.” Here ‘eye’ has been compared to memory. both are unalloyed things and the nature of comparison is implicit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Solution. Whenever the poet gets in a pensive mood, the image of the daffodils “flashes” through his mind. The “inward eye” or his imagination expresses what Wordsworth felt to be a deeper, truer spiritual vision.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of the metaphors involve an element of personification. Personification means that the poet attributes human qualities to non-human things. To Wordsworth, the daffodils look like a “crowd” or a “host” of people.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, the poet uses various metaphors. e.g. The poet compares the daffodils with stars shining in the galaxy as like the stars, the daffodils were everywhere. Next, he describes his joy in terms of wealth.