The Daffodils by William Wordsworth Summary and Objective Questions

The Daffodils
                                    William Wordsworth

The poem ‘The Daffodils’ has been written by William Wordsworth in 1802. It was the first poem published in two volumes. The romantic poet William Wordsworth’s “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”, also known as “The Daffodils” is probably his most famous lyrical work. In this poem he described the beauty of Daffodils flowers.

The poet was travelling aimlessly just like a cloud over the hills and valleys of the mountainous Lake District in England. At that time, suddenly he came across a large number of golden daffodils beside the lake. The flowers were fluttering and dancing in the breeze. The poet was very much delighted to see this beautiful sight.

1.        ‘‘The Daffodils’ is a poem composed by……………………………
a)Rudyard          b)Rupert Brooke             c)William Wordsworth               d)W.B. Yeats

2.       William Wordsworth was born in………………
a)1760                 b)1770                 c)1780                 d)1790

3.       William Wordsworth died in………………
a)1850                 b)1860                 c)1870                 d)1890

4.       William Wordsworth was born in…………..
a)Lake District                 b)Wake District               c)Make District                                d)none of these

5.       He married in………………
a)1800                 b)1802                 c)1804                 d)1806

6.       William Wordsworth was a poet of…………………
a)romance         b)beauty             c)nature              d)loves

7.       Wordsworth saw a host of daffodils beside the…………….
a)river                 b)lake                   c)sea                     d)hill

8.       The poet saw……………daffodils at a glance.
a)nearly ten thousand                  b)nearly five thousand                 c)nearly eight thousand

9.       “The waves behind them danced’ is a line from………………
a)The Soldier                                    b)The Daffodils                               c)Everyone sang

10.   Natural beauty is the theme of…………..
a)if                         b)Echo                                 c)The Daffodils                                d)The Soldier

11.   “The Daffodils” can be called…………………..
a)nature poem                 b)Heroic poem                                c)war poem      d)none of these

12.   “I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o’er vales and hills’ is taken from………………
a)Everyone Sang             b)The Soldier    c)The Daffodils                                d)Adlestrop

13.   William Wordsworth was…………….
a)Indian              b)English            c)Irish                  c)Welsh

14.   “A poet could not but be gay” means………………………
a)the poet was happy                   b)the poet could not sleep          c)the poet was very sad               d)the poet could not be happy

15.   “glee” means………..
a)joy                     b)sadness           c)gloom              d)happiness

16.   Continuous as the stars that shine, and twinkle on the milky way, in the above lines the daffodils have been compared to…………..
a)the clouds      b)the other flowers       c)the stars          d)milky way

17.   The daffodils were growing…………..
a)by the side of a pool                  b)along the margin of a bay       c)by the riverside           d)in a garden

18.   The poet saw……………daffodils.
a)a large number of       b)few                   c)white                                d)blue

19.   When the poet was looking at the daffodils………….
a)he was totally lost in their beauty       b)he felt sad to see them             c)he thought they were ugly     d)he felt like dancing

20.   A host of golden Daffodils, a ‘host’ means………..
a)a guest             b)a small number           c)one who entertains    d)a large number

21.   ‘Bliss’ means…………..
a)great love       b)great joy         c)great blessing               d)great loneliness

22.   Living relationship between man and nature is narrated in the poem……………..
a)if                         b)The Daffodils               c)echo                  d)none of these

Objective Answers

1.c     2.b    3.a    4.a    5.b    6.c     7.b    8.a    9.b    10.c  11.a  12.c 
13.b  14.a  15.d  16.c  17.b  18.a  19.a  20.d  21.b  22.b