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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The figure of speech used in the line, “tossing their heads in sprightly dance” is personification.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. They cheerfully toss their “heads” (12), know how to dance, and provide good “company” (16), which is more than can be said of some individuals.

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: -The figure of speech used in the line ‘A host of Golden Daffodils’ is Personification. It is a figure of speech in which either an inanimate object or an abstract concept is spoken of as though it were endowed with human attributes and feelings.