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Poems and conversations · Question 42 of 150

The daffodils are "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze" and "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance".

Question 42

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I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A of golden daffodils:
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

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 dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in :—
A poet could not but be gay
In such a 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 mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of ;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

The daffodils are "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze" and "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance". Which device is used?

Options for question 42

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

Explanation

  1. Dancing and tossing heads are human actions, given here to flowers.

Worth noting

There is no comparison with "like" or "as" in these lines, so they are not similes.

Concept
Identifying personification
Typical time
40 s
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