Th

eDaf
fodi
ls–Wi
ll
iamWor
dswor
th

Di
scus
sion3:
-

Thosel
inesaretakenfr
omthepoem“ t
heDaffodi
ls”wri
ttenby‘Wi
ll
iamWordswor
th.
Thepoet
feel
selatedatt
h esi
ghtoft
hecount
lessnumberofthedaffodi
lst
hathav
eg r
ownbythesi
deof
thel
ake.

Inth
elinesunderr ef
erencethepoetcompar est
h egoldendaffodil
swiththestarsthatshine
andtwi
nkleint hesky.
Thepoetfeelsthenumberoft hedaffodil
sasnev erendingast h
es tarsi
n
themil
kyway. Thepoetisnotcapabl
etoc ountthenumberoft hedaffodil
sinmuc hthes i
mi l
ar
wayashec ouldnotcountthenumberofstars.Healsoper soni
fiesthedanci
ngoft hegolden
daff
odil
swi t
ht h
edanc i
ngofmenandwomenwh otosstheirheadsinav erych
eer f
uldance.

a)‘
They
’ref
erst
oth
egol
dendaf
fodi
ls.

b)Theyhav
ebeencompar
edt
otheMi
lkyWaybecaus
eth
epoetf
eel
sth
enumberoft
he
daff
odil
sasunendi
ngast
hes
tar
sint
heMilkyWay.

c
)Th
eex
ampl
eofper
soni
fi
cat
ioni
sasunder
:

Tos
singt
hei
rheadsi
nas
pri
ght
lydanc
e.

Thepi
ctur
ecreatedbythi
sdes
cri
pti
onisoneofthehappydanc
ersdanc
ingand
t
oss
ingt
hei
rheadsagai
nsteachoth
erinaver
yhappysi
tuat
ion.

d)Th
eex
ampl
eoft
her
hymi
ngc
oupl
etf
romt
hes
eli
nesi
sasunder
.

Tent
hous
ands
awIatag
lanc
e

t
oss
ingt
hei
rheadsi
nas
pri
ght
lydanc
e.

2.a)Thepoetsawac ountl
essnumberofdaff
odil
sataglanc
e.No,t
heywerenotr
eallyt
en
thousandinnumber
.Itispoet
’swayofdescr
ibi
ngthei
nnumerabl
eandunendi
ngsigh
tofthe
daffodil
s.
b)Thedaffodi
lsoutdidthewavesi
nhappi
nessandj
oyf
ortheywer
ebothhappybutthe
daff
odil
sappear edtothepoetmuchh
appiert
hanth
ewavesandth
ati
sh owthepoetdesc
ribes
thewaythedaffodi
lsoutdidth
ewaves.

c
)Th
ewav
esr
efert
oth
erai
sedl
inesofwat
ert
hatf
lyov
ert
hes
urf
acesoft
hedaf
fodi
ls.

d)Thes
ceneaf
fec
tedt
hepoetemot
ional
ly.
Itmadet
hepoetf
eelemot
ional
lys
ati
sfi
edand
bl
iss
ful
.

e)t
hewor
dst
hatmeanbei
ngh
appyar
e“g
lee”
,“g
ay”
,’
joc
ound’

f
)Tos
singt
hei
rheadsi
nspr
igh
tlydanc
eth
ewav
esbes
idest
hemdanc
ed.

(
3)a)Th
epoetisrefer
ringtotheweal
thofbei
ng,
happy,t
heweal
thofj
oy.
Iti
snotareferenc
e
t
othemater
ialgai
nsorwh atev
eramountsbewor
ldl
y.I
tisth
ewealt
hofbei
nghappyi
nt h
e
c
ompanyofdaff
odil
s.

Th
epoet
icdev
iceus
edi
niti
s’met
aph
or’
.

b)Thepoetrefer
stoitas‘
weal
th’
bec
aus
eitbr
ing
sbot
hemot
ionalands
pir
ituals
ati
sfac
tion
andemotionalbl
iss
.

c
)Thepoetf
eelsbl
iss
f ulev
enwh
enh
eisnoti
nth
ecompanyofdaf
fodi
lsandal
sos
impl
ywh
en
h
egetsremi
ndedofthem.

d)Thepoetref
erstoitasbeingbli
ssf
ulstat
ebecaus
eh ederi
vesaspir
itualandemot
ional
bli
ss.
Evenwhenthepoetiscompletel
yalonewher
enormall
yapersoncannotbebutsad.The
remembranc
eofthebeautyoft h
edaffodi
lsmakeshi
ssoli
tudebli
ssf
ul.

e)No,
thepoeth
adnotr
eal
izedt
hes
igni
fi
canc
eoft
hes
cenewh
enh
ehadf
irs
tseeni
fbec
aus
e,
i
naccordanc
ewithth
epoet,h
ec ouldnotvi
suali
zewhatwealt
hofj oyt
hes
ightofth
edaf f
odil
s
hadbroug
httohi
m.Hecouldscarcel
ybeli
evethatth
erecol
lecti
onofthesceneofthedaff
odil
s
woul
dmakeh isv
acantt
imesas ourc
eofhappinessandsat
isf
action.