Daffodils Flashcards
Where is the poet from and how does this reflect on his poems?
William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, England in 1770 and he would have used ancient English to write this.
How is the second stanza different to the first?
What do you notice about the opening of it?
There is a lot of rhyming used, for example: cloud/crowd, hills/daffodils, trees/breeze.
What does the poet do for each and every line?
The last word of every line has a stressed syllable at the end, which helps to describe how the daffodils move.
What is the poem about alongside daffodils?
It is about a person wandering through a field of ‘happy, dancing’ daffodils.
What feeling does this poem reflect?
The poet is deep in loneliness and he compares this to a remote island, but the daffodils are what lifts his mood and makes him feel the presence of another living thing.
Why does the poet say that they’re dancing’?
He says this because if you enjoy something or if you are happy, you might dance. Dancing reflects a happy mood and that’s what the daffodils have.
How is the second stanza similar to the first?
This stanza is similar because it has 6 lines and it contains quite a few rhymes.
What mood does the poem try to give the reader and what is the hidden message?
The poet tries to disperse a positive, happy mood. The message I think it reveals is that if you have a rough patch, there’s always something or someone there for you.
How can you tell that this poem is quite old?
The language used, such as o’er, margin etc, reflect on the age of this poem.
