PASSAGE-1
i) The poet is referred to as 'l' in the first line of the extract .He was wandering all alone in the woods of the Lake District
ii) Suddenly the poet saw a large number of golden daffodils. They grew beneath the trees along the edge of a lake.
iii) The daffodils were yellow and they were shining in the sun like gold.
iv) It was a beautiful scene of nature. There was a lake, and there were trees and the daffodils were happily dancing in the breeze. The poet was lonely and sad. This scene lifted his spirits and made him happy.
v) The poet has used hyperbole. He saw a host of daffodils, which means there were nearly ten thousand of them. It is exaggeration. Hc might have seen a few hundred of them.
PASSAGE-2
(i) The poet uses a simile to compare the daffodils to the stars on the milky way. As infinite number of stars shine on the milky way, so a multitude of golden daffodils grew along the edge of the lake.
(ii) Milky way is a galaxy of stars that stretches like a band across the sky. It is referred to in the extract to compare the infinite number of stars to the infinite number of daffodils.
(iii) The margin of the bay means the edge of the lake.
(iv) The poet has exaggerated the number of daffodils by calling them a crowd, a host, continuous as the stars on the milky way. It gives us a picture of infinite stars growing along the bank of the lake as far as the poet could see.
v) Each line consist of eight syllables and the rhyme scheme is ababcc . Soft consonants have been used which gives a musical effect when read aloud
PASSAGE-3
i) The daffodils were more vibrant than the waves. The daffodils danced and fluttered and tossed their heads while the waves just rippled and sparkled.
ii) A jocund company means a happy and gay party. The poet found himself in the jocund company of golden daffodils and dancing waves. They all were jocund because they danced merrily without a pause.
iii) The happy and beautiful scene made the poet happy. But this joy was not momentary. It was a joy for ever. The memory of the scene made him happy again and again later. It was the wealth the scene had brought to the poet.
iv) The poet is in a happy mood. The lines 'A poet could nor but be gay, In such a jocund company' tells us that he was very happy. The daffodils and the waves were happy and their happiness was infectious. It made him happy too.
v) Wordsworth loved nature. He liked to wander in woods, valleys and over the hills. He loved and admired the scenes of nature. and described them beautifully in his poems.
PASSAGE-4
i) When the poet lies down on his couch in a pensive mood, the memory of the scene of dancing daffodils flashes on his mind. He feels he is again in the company of happy daffodils and it makes his heart dance with them again.
ii) 'Bliss of solitude' is the joy one feels when one is all alone. The 'bliss of solitude' referred to in the extract is the joy the poet felt when he was sad and lonely. The bliss comes to him in the form of the memory of dancing daffodils when he is alone, sad and in thoughtful mood.
iii) When the poet is lonely sad and in a thoughtful mood he lies on his couch. But suddenly, the memory of the scene of the dancing daffodils flashes in his imagination. He feels he is in the company of the gay daffodils. His loneliness, sadness, melancholy, all vanish. He is happy again. His heart is filled ,with joy.
iv) Nature is a healer. It is like a nurse. It gives comfort and solace. It removes sad and unhappy thoughts and fills our heart with hope and joy.
v) Wordsworth idea of poetry is that it originates from the overflow of feelings, recollected in tranquility. This means that the poet observes some object. It sets off powerful emotions in his mind. The poets lets them sink into his mind. At a later moment, he recollects those emotions in tranquility and produces a poem. The poem Daffodils clearly explains this definition of poetry. The poet saw a beautiful scene of dancing daffodils. He was filled with joy. At a later moment when he was alone (in tranquility) he recollected that scene. He felt the bliss again and the result is this poem.