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Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze!.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance!.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils!.

"I wandered lonely as a cloud" is the first line of the poem, not the title!.

You've got #10 wrong!. The poem uses rhyme and meter, so it's formal verse, not free verse!.

You've got #6 wrong!. First of all, you're misquoting the line!. The word is "sprightly," not "springly!." And there's no "a!." Furthermore, describing the flowers "tossing their heads" is an example of personification (attributing human characteristics or behavior ot non-human things), not an example of hyperbole (overstatement)!. For examples of hyperbole, look at earlier lines in the same stanza!. Did the flowers truly stretch "in never ending line"!? Did the poet really see 10,000 of them in a single glance!?

You've got #5 right!. The poet says that he is like a cloud!. That's a simile!.

You've got #4 wrong!. Wordsworth wrote, "They flash upon that inward eye/Which is the bliss of solitude!." Those lines mean that he remembers the daffodils and the memory brings him pleasure!. Calling his memory an "inward eye" is a metaphor!. Saying that remembering natural beauty is "the bliss of solitude" (not "a bliss" -- you've misquoted again) is not a metaphor!. That memory truly does bring him bliss, so the line is simply a statement of fact!. But he does not have a literal "inward eye," so that phrase is a metaphor!.

You've got #1 wrong!. (Again you've got a minor misquotation of the line!. Take a look and see!.) When the poem describes the flowers tossing their heads or the waves dancing, those are examples of personification!. This is not!.

Look up assonance, consonance, and alliteration!. All of those terms deal with the sounds of words, not the meanings!. Once you understand what the terms mean, read the poem aloud and listen for the sounds!. (You might not find examples of all those poetic devices in this poem!. But read the poem aloud and use your ear to find what you can!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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All of them are correct except i'm not sure about number 1!. Personification is giving a non human object human charecteristics for example: The chair stuck out his tounge at me!. Just check over that one again!. Other than that fabulous!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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