ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
They ____ in never ending lines
A
glee
B
jocund
C
stretched
D
glazed
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -c) What does the poet mean when he says ‘they stretched in never-ending line’? Ans – The poet means that the daffodils were so many that they seemed endless.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer. Explanation: Metaphor, which is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. In other words, the line was not literally “never ending.” But it seemed so long that the writer wanted to convey that impression.

Detailed explanation-3: -The daffodils traced the water with their beauty. Moreover, the poet says, the golden daffodils twinkled and stretched in an endless line like the stars in the Milky galaxy way. It implies that the flowers seem heavenly as stars. This made the poet very happy as he has never seen so many daffodils at one sight.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is they were tossing their heads in sprightly dance. In the second stanza the poet says that the daffodils stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay. The bay here refers to the lake.

Detailed explanation-5: -Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line, such as the sound of /a/ in “Ten thousand I saw at a glance” and /e/ sound in “They stretched in never-ending.”

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