The Daffodils: Lesson-5: Class-vii-(Assam)

The Daffodils:Lesson-5: Class-vii

Today I will discuss, The Daffodils poem, written by William Wordsworth. We learn how can to write a question's answer. I will try to give simple words all answer, I hope you will get help from my this article in your student life.

Questions no-1.

Did you understand the theme of the poem?

Discuss with your teacher the following questions orally. Then, write the answers in your exercise book.

(a) Read the first stanza. Then find the answer to the following question:

With what does the poet William Wordsworth compare himself?

Answer:- The poet William Wordsworth compared himself, a piece of lonely cloud.

(b) Read the second stanza. Now find out the following: With what does Wordsworth compare the daffodils?

Answer:- Wordsworth compared the daffodils, the star in the milky way.

(i) happy and cheerful

(ii) talkative

(iii) quite and sad

Answer:-(i) happy and cheerful

Questions no-5

A beautiful poem is meant to be recited. Listen to the teacher reading to you the following pairs of words from the poem. Then repeat the words after the teacher and practice the pronunciation of each word. This will help you recite the poem.

(a) Wandered---------Wondered

(b) Breeze------ ----Bridge

(d) Stretched---- ----Stressed

(e) They-------- ---Day

(f) Show---- ----sow

(g) Flash--- -----Flesh

(h) Heart---- ----Hurt

Questions no-6

Let's us go back to the poem once more and note the following:

(a) The first line (LI)of the poem ends with cloud.

(b) L 2 ends with hills

(d) L 4 ends with daffodils.

Note that cloud and crowd are a pair of rhyming words.

Also, note that hills and daffodils are a pair of rhyming words.

Now, Make a list of the other rhyming words in the poem.

Choose from the box the word rhyming with the underlined word and complete the sentence:

(still, dancing, mood, breeze)

(i) The sun is shining and the girl is ----.

(ii) The forest is full of green trees and the flowers are dancing in the cool------.

(iii) On the top of the bare hill, I stand mute and ------.

(iv) Don't spoil my -----by being so rude.

Answer:-

(i) The sun is shining and the girl is dancing.

(ii) The forest is full of green trees and the flowers are dancing in the cool breeze.

(iii) On the top of the bare hill, I stand mute and still.

(iv) Don't spoil my mood by being so rude.

Questions no-10

Let's learns some grammar:

Here are some lines that tell us what the poet said he was doing in the poem. Working with your partner, fill in the blank a paces with the correct form of the word.

One day the poet William Wordsworth was wandering alone along a lake. All at once, he ---- (see) a host of golden daffodils. The daffodils ----(dance) in the breeze.The poet ----(compare) the daffodils to the stars on the milky way. They --------(stretch) in a never-ending line along the side of the lake. He -----(notice) that the waves of the lake were also--------(dance)joyfully. He ----(enjoy) the scene very much. Later, in his sad moments, when the poet often------(recall) the scene, his heart filled with joy and -----(begin) to dance with the daffodils.

Answer:

One day the poet William Wordsworth was wandering alone along a lake. All at once, he saw a host of golden daffodils. The daffodils dancing in the breeze. The poet compared the daffodils to the stars on the milky way. They stretched in a never-ending line along the side of the lake. He noticed that the waves of the lake were also dancing joyfully. He enjoyed the scene very much. Later, in his sad moments, when the poet often recalled the scene, his heart filled with joy and began to dance with the daffodils.

Questions no-13.

You have come across the term preposition. You know that prepositions are words like at, as, by for, to, etc. These words are usually placed before a noun or a pronoun to show their relation to place, time, direction, means, etc.

Look at phrases from the poem:

(i) over vales and hills

(ii) beside the lake

(iii) beneath the trees

The underlined words are prepositions denoting place.

Here are some example:

(i) in the morning

(ii) at noon

(iii) on Monday

The underlined words above are prepositions denoting time.

Now read these phrases:

(i) up the hill

(ii) down the road

(iii) to the north

The underlined words in these three examples are prepositions denoting direction.

(i) by car

(ii) on foot

(iii) with a knife

Here, by, on, with, denote how something is done. For example,

I cut the apple with a knife.

Now complete these sentences with the correct prepositions.

(i) Clouds float ----- hills and valleys. (on/over/by)

(ii) The daffodils bloomed----a lake. (beneath/beside/between)

(iii) Stars were shining ----the night sky. (on/in/over)

(iv) They formed a line-----the shore of a bay. (beneath/along/for)

(v) He would often lie-----his couch lost in thoughts. (on/in/by)

Answer:

(i) Clouds float over hills and valleys.

(ii) The daffodils bloomed beside a lake.

(iii) Stars were shining in the night sky.

(iv) They formed a line along the shore of a bay.

(v) He would often lie on his couch lost in thoughts.

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The Daffodils: Lesson-5: Class-vii-(Assam)