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Unit 17: Daffodils by William Wordsworth

17.9 Keywords Notes

Nurishment : The food necessary for growth and health
Exulerant : Lively and cheerful
Enjambment : The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a
line, couplet or stanza.
Fragrance : A peasant, sweet smell
Contemplation : The action of looking at thoughtfully.

17.10 Review Questions

1. What is another title of the poem ‘Daffodils’?
2. When was ‘Daffodils’ published?
3. Write down the theme of the poem ‘Daffodils’.
4. Write imagery skills of the peom.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. ‘I wondered lonely as a cloud’ 2. 1804
3. 1815 in ‘collected poems’ 4. simile.

5. (c) lyrical poem 6. (a) ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud‘
7. (a) Wordsworth 8. (a) Romantic poet
9. (c) joys 10. (d) milky Way galaxy
11. (d) March.

17.11 Further Readings

Books World Literature, By Cabganilla, J.Q. et. al, Katha Publishing Company
William Wordsworth, By Geoffrey Durrant, Cambridge University Press

Online links http://www.poetry-online.org/wordsworth_daffodils.htm

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/248072_a-summary-of-the-poem-the-daffodils
http://www.bookrags.com/essay-2005/5/5/205142/1592

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