ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -He certainly is: the poem is full of hyperbole, which is a poetic term for the kind of exaggeration that is used for emphasis and is not meant to be taken literally. Wordsworth claims that he saw “ten thousand [daffodils ] … at a glance” (11), and that “they stretched in never ending line” (9).

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: -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.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Personification is also used in the 6 line “Fluttering and dancing in the breeze”-here as the daffodils are said to be dancing in the breeze, they referred to as a person. The poet personified daffodils are dancing as a man.

Detailed explanation-5: -Endless, Boundless Love. In the poem “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns, the narrator exaggerates about the amount of love he feels for his beloved. He says that he’ll love his “bonnie lass” until the seas go dry, the sun melts rocks, and the sands of life come to an end.