asad hussain
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Could someone please have a look at the answers for grammar mistakes and weird sentences, and rephrase if they find anything weird, or answer the questions in their own style. I have left some questions, as I am up the creek with them. So, could someone please answer them too?
P.S. I have put parentheses where I doubt. And kindly let me know if I have made any grammar mistakes in the text above.
Here is the poem:
530. Daffodils. William Wordsworth. The Oxford Book of English Verse
1) What was the poet doing?
· The poet was moving aimlessly hither and thither. (Kindly rephrase it showing a bit more eloquence, but precisely, if possible.)
2) What did he see?
· He saw a field of daffodils.
3) Where were the daffodils?
· They were beside (a/the):-? lake, under (the):-? boughs of (the):-? trees.
4) With what does the poet compare the daffodils?
· He compares the daffodils with the stars.
5) Why does the speaker connect daffodils with the stars?
· He does so, because the daffodils were as sparkling and countless as the stars that shine and twinkle in the galaxy, and seem countless in numbers
6) What resemblance does he find between the stars and the daffodils?
(Won’t the answer to this question be the same as the answer to the above question? But I guess I need to answer in a different way. Could you please do it for me?):-?
7) How many flowers were there?
· There was a long belt of about ten thousand flowers.
8) Which of the two danced more: the waves or the daffodils?
· The daffodils
9) What did the poet feel looking at the daffodils?
· Please answer the question.:-?
9) How can wealth come to the poet by looking at the scene before him?
· Please answer the question.:-?
9) What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?
· When the poet lies on his couch, the sight of the beautiful daffodils moves on the screen of his mind and he again finds the same pleasure and excitement that he (had/has) experienced long ago.(Kindly rephrase it showing a bit more eloquence, but precisely, if possible.)
12) Mention the two moods of the poet.
· Please answer the question.:-?
13) How can the heart dance?
· Please answer the question.:-?
14) Has this ever happened to you?
· Please answer the question.:-?
15) In the poem how does Wordsworth achieve the seemingly effortless effect of implying the unity of his consciousness with nature? Does this technique appear in any other Wordsworth lyrics?
·Wordsworth employs a kind of identity-switching technique, whereby nature is personified and humanity is, so to speak, nature-ized. Wordsworth describes himself as wandering "like a cloud," and describes the field of daffodils as a dancing crowd of people. This kind of interchangeable terminology implies a unity--metaphors from either realm can be applied to the other, because the mind and the natural world are one. A more subtle version of this technique appears in "Intimations of Immortality," in which the poet describes the natural world in the final stanza with a sequence of ascribed actions and characteristics previously performed and possessed in the poem by human beings.
16) Describe the scene in your own words.
·The poet says that, wandering like a cloud floating above hills and valleys, he encountered a field of daffodils beside a lake. The dancing, fluttering flowers stretched endlessly along the shore, and though the waves of the lake danced beside the flowers, the daffodils outdid the water in glee. The poet says that he could not help but be happy in such a joyful company of flowers. He says that he stared and stared, but did not realize what wealth the scene would bring him. For now, whenever he feels "vacant" or "pensive," the memory flashes upon "that inward eye / That is the bliss of solitude," and his heart fills with pleasure, "and dances with the daffodils."(Does the part italicized also come under the description of the scene?):-?
17) What is the central idea of the poem? Give it with a very short introduction of the poet.
P.S. I have put parentheses where I doubt. And kindly let me know if I have made any grammar mistakes in the text above.
Here is the poem:
530. Daffodils. William Wordsworth. The Oxford Book of English Verse
1) What was the poet doing?
· The poet was moving aimlessly hither and thither. (Kindly rephrase it showing a bit more eloquence, but precisely, if possible.)
2) What did he see?
· He saw a field of daffodils.
3) Where were the daffodils?
· They were beside (a/the):-? lake, under (the):-? boughs of (the):-? trees.
4) With what does the poet compare the daffodils?
· He compares the daffodils with the stars.
5) Why does the speaker connect daffodils with the stars?
· He does so, because the daffodils were as sparkling and countless as the stars that shine and twinkle in the galaxy, and seem countless in numbers
6) What resemblance does he find between the stars and the daffodils?
(Won’t the answer to this question be the same as the answer to the above question? But I guess I need to answer in a different way. Could you please do it for me?):-?
7) How many flowers were there?
· There was a long belt of about ten thousand flowers.
8) Which of the two danced more: the waves or the daffodils?
· The daffodils
9) What did the poet feel looking at the daffodils?
· Please answer the question.:-?
9) How can wealth come to the poet by looking at the scene before him?
· Please answer the question.:-?
9) What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?
· When the poet lies on his couch, the sight of the beautiful daffodils moves on the screen of his mind and he again finds the same pleasure and excitement that he (had/has) experienced long ago.(Kindly rephrase it showing a bit more eloquence, but precisely, if possible.)
12) Mention the two moods of the poet.
· Please answer the question.:-?
13) How can the heart dance?
· Please answer the question.:-?
14) Has this ever happened to you?
· Please answer the question.:-?
15) In the poem how does Wordsworth achieve the seemingly effortless effect of implying the unity of his consciousness with nature? Does this technique appear in any other Wordsworth lyrics?
·Wordsworth employs a kind of identity-switching technique, whereby nature is personified and humanity is, so to speak, nature-ized. Wordsworth describes himself as wandering "like a cloud," and describes the field of daffodils as a dancing crowd of people. This kind of interchangeable terminology implies a unity--metaphors from either realm can be applied to the other, because the mind and the natural world are one. A more subtle version of this technique appears in "Intimations of Immortality," in which the poet describes the natural world in the final stanza with a sequence of ascribed actions and characteristics previously performed and possessed in the poem by human beings.
16) Describe the scene in your own words.
·The poet says that, wandering like a cloud floating above hills and valleys, he encountered a field of daffodils beside a lake. The dancing, fluttering flowers stretched endlessly along the shore, and though the waves of the lake danced beside the flowers, the daffodils outdid the water in glee. The poet says that he could not help but be happy in such a joyful company of flowers. He says that he stared and stared, but did not realize what wealth the scene would bring him. For now, whenever he feels "vacant" or "pensive," the memory flashes upon "that inward eye / That is the bliss of solitude," and his heart fills with pleasure, "and dances with the daffodils."(Does the part italicized also come under the description of the scene?):-?
17) What is the central idea of the poem? Give it with a very short introduction of the poet.