FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Daffodils are the best dancers.
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When you are feeling lonely, take a walk.
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Humans rarely appreciate the beauty of nature.
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The beauty of nature brings people happiness
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Detailed explanation-1: -14) Which of the choices below is the best summary of the theme or central idea of the poem? A The beauty of nature brings people happiness.
Detailed explanation-2: -Summary of Daffodils The poem was composed in the year 1802. The title of the poem informs about the loneliness of the poet which he faces after the death of his brother. However, the endless view of the golden daffodils in a field across the lake filled him with joy. This view was the greatest gift of nature to him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Themes. Throughout ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, ’ Wordsworth engages with themes of nature, memory, and spirituality. These three are tied together as the speaker, Wordsworth himself, moves through a beautiful landscape. He takes pleasure in the sight of the daffodils and revives his spirit in nature.
Detailed explanation-4: -As obvious as it may sound, the poem was inspired by some daffodils Wordsworth encountered on a walk with his sister, Dorothy. The now-immortalised walk took place in 1802 around lake Ullswater near Penrith in Cumbria’s Eden Valley, on the way back from Pooley Bridge to Grasmere.