ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The “inward eye” of the poet means that he is in a thoughtful mood. “Inward eye” also denotes the poet’s dreams where the daffodils come as a vision.

Detailed explanation-2: -The inward eye refers to the eye of his imagination, his soul which can provide him the sight of the daffodils in his memory and he can once again experience the same joy which he had experienced when he had seen the daffodils.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “inward eye” expresses what Wordsworth felt to be a deeper, truer spiritual vision. A person cannot share his or her own spiritual vision completely with others, and so it is a form of “solitude.” But its truth and beauty make it “blissful."

Detailed explanation-4: -Expert-Verified Answer The phrase ‘inward eye’ refers to the depth that allows us to visualize and go through the memories. The image of golden daffodils moving with the breeze flashes in front of his eyes as the poet lies on the couch in a bad mood.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.