FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Mad
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Sad
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Emotional
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His heart skips a beat
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: When the poet beholds a rainbow in the sky, his heart gets filled with deep joy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The speaker’s response to the rainbow, he says, is that his heart “leaps up” for joy, when he sees ("beholds") a rainbow in the sky.
Detailed explanation-3: -The poet is overjoyed when he sees a rainbow in the sky. He used to enjoy looking at the rainbow in his childhood. He wants the natural continuity of this happiness up to his old age.
Detailed explanation-4: -His heart “leaps up” when he sees a rainbow, as if he is seeing one for the first time. This reaction of joy and shock is not new, however, but the same reaction he has always had when seeing a rainbow.
Detailed explanation-5: -The speaker is telling us about the feeling he gets, has always gotten, and will always get when he sees a rainbow in the sky: his heart rejoices. He says that if he were ever to stop feeling this joy, he’d want to die.