FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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as the stars that shine
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never-ending line
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Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
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Tossing their heads
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Personification can be seen in the phrase “ten thousand sprightly dance.” Like human beings, daffodils express their elation and excitement by dancing and tossing their heads.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. This personification affirms the instinctive harmony between man and nature.
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: -The figure of speech used in the line, “tossing their heads in sprightly dance” is personification.
Detailed explanation-5: -Lines 3-4: The daffodils are personified as a crowd of people. This personification will continue throughout the poem. Lines 6: Daffodils cannot actually “dance, ” so Wordsworth is ascribing to them an action that is associated with people.