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I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay.
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company;
I gazed — and gazed — but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought;
For oft when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
( William Wordsworth )
margin : edge
jocund : merry
vacant : not thinking of anything
Answer the following questions.
1) What picture do the first two stanzas give you
2) What comparisons are made in the first two stanzas
3) How do the daffodils compare to the waves beside them?
4) How does Wordsworth show what he has received from the daffodils?
5) What do you like best about this poem? Why?