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Unit 9: Daffodils by William Wordsworth

Inherent: It means existing in something or someone as a permanent and inseparable element, Notes
quality, or attribute.
Personification: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with
human qualities or abilities. Personification is when you make an object or idea do something
only a human can do.

Rambling: It can be defined as the activity of walking in the countryside for pleasure.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. False 2. True
3. False 4. True
5. False 6. True

9.8 Review Questions

1. Write about William Wordsworth childhood days?
2. Throw light on William Wordsworth major works.
3. Throw light on William Wordsworth life.
4. Talk about William Wordsworth later years and death.

5. Describe the scene in the poem Daffodils your own words.
6. What does Wordsworth compare himself to? Why? Is the comparison effective?
7. What memory according to William Wordsworth can he count upon to lift himself out of
the blues?
8. What does Wordsworth compare the daffodils to? Is the comparison appropriate? How
appropriate is it?

9. What appeals to you in the poem Daffodils?
10. Talk about the Figures of speech and poetic devices used in the poem Daffodils.
11. Write about the Imagery in William Wordsworth’s Daffodils?
12. How does the poem make use of contrast? Consider the contrast between the poet and the
daffodils, and between his feelings before, while and after seeing the daffodils.

9.9 Further Readings

Books Davies H. (2009) William Wordsworth: A Biography, London: Frances Lincoln Ltd.
Durrant G. (1969) William Wordsworth, CUP Archive.
Gill S. (1989) William Wordsworth: A Life, Oxford University Press.

Wordsworth W. (1994) The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth, Hertfordshire:
Wordsworth Editions Limited.

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