ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Alliteration: high o’er vales and Hills (line 2). Alliteration: When all at once (line 3). (Note that the w and o have the same consonant sound.) Personification/Metaphor: Comparison of daffodils to a crowd of people (lines 3-4).

Detailed explanation-2: -Wordsworth makes use of exaggeration in this poem to focus on certain aspects of the cuckoo and nature. The earth is called an “unsubstantial, faery place.” This is to create an image of a mystical place and also, to add mystery to the cuckoo who the poet has never seen in actuality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why does the poet call cuckoo ‘wandering voice’ ‘darling of the spring’? Answer: The poet calls cuckoo ‘wandering voice’ because he had not seen the bird but only heard its voice through trees, grass and woods. He calls the cuckoo ‘darling of the spring’ because its voice can be heard only in the season of the spring.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The poet hears the cuckoo and is in awe and wonder on the off chance that it is something more than a winged animal. His marvel ascends from the memory of his youth when the cuckoo opens up the universe of creative energy to him. Thus this is how the cuckoos voice charm the poet .