Read This Poem.
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 ,
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.
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 ,
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.
✏️ Interpret the Figurative Language
1) PERSONIFICATION: What is being personified in the highlighted pink?
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2) Based on your answer in #1, how are they personified? (what are they doing that is like a person)?
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3) What feeling is the poet trying to express? Why?
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🏅 Bonus: Describe what image you see or paste a picture!
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4) This is the 2nd stanza of the same poem. Look at the examples of PERSONIFICATION highlighted in blue. Who are “they”? (hint: go back to the 1st stanza if you need to)
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5) How are “they” personified?
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6) How is the highlighted example in yellow an example of PERSONIFICATION?
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7) How does this highlighted example in yellow
Make the poet feel? Why?
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