daffodils Flashcards
who is the poet?
william wordsworth
what does vales mean?
the valley
what gives the poem a light and bouncy sound when it is read aloud and helps us think of the movement of the daffodils?
stress on alternate syllables and
always stresses the final syllable of a line
what is the meaning of sprightly ?
a lively and full of enger
Do you think it is meant to be read at a slow pace, a fast pace, or a mixture of both?
I think that at some points the poem is meant to be fast paced when the speaker is excited and the daffodils are dancing and at some points it is meant to be read at a slower pace when the speaker is wandering around.
What are the poems patterned?
AB AB CC
what does o’er mean ?
over
a line of personification?
‘Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.’
what is the structure of the poem?
it is written in four or six -line stanzars
when is it written in ?
1804
does it have a hyperbole?
yes , Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
