ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is referred to as the ‘Wealth’ in the poem?
A
Happiness on seeing the Daffodils
B
Daffodils sight
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The wealth which is referred to here by the poet means wealth of joy and happiness; which actually comes from happy and fond memories when the poet saw a host of golden daffodils by the side of the lake beneath the trees. Question 3.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The wealth of joy has the poet referred to here. He realized its worth when he was in a sad mood as the beautiful scene of the daffodils made him happy and joyful..

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. Answer: the lines ‘I gazed–and gazed–but little thought, What wealth the show to me had brought, ’ the poet refers to the ‘wealth’ of happiness and gaiety that the beautiful daffodils brought to him. This wealth was induced by the joyful memory of the daffodils dancing in the breeze by the lakeside.

Detailed explanation-4: -Question #3 : How can wealth come to the poet by looking at the scene before him? Answer : The wealth comes to the poet by an uncountable happiness from the site of daffodils.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stanza Three What wealth the show to me had brought: The speaker liked the “sprightly dance” of the daffodils so much that he, in the third stanza, says that the sparkling waves of a lake beside cannot match their beauty. The waves are sparkling due to the sunlight. This image is contrasted with the dance of daffodils.

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