ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the daffodils compared to?
A
Universe
B
Countless twinkling stars in the milky way
C
Cloud
D
Other flowers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The poet compares daffodils to the stars in the galaxy because they were stretched in straight line and appeared just like stars in the sky. The daffodils were golden in color, and their waving in the breeze seemed like the stars were shining and twinkling. These similarities have urged the poet to compare them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans – The poet says that the daffodils were twinkling like the stars because they looked bright, and were many in number.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ans – The poet says that the daffodils are twinkling like the stars because they looked bright, and were many in number. 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-4: -In the poem, ‘Daffodils’, composed by William Wordsworth, the golden daffodils are compared with the stars because, the thousands of golden daffodils that the poet saw at a glance, were shining like the stars in the dark calm sky.

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