Class 7 English Chapter 5 The Daffodils

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THE DAFFODILS

Lesson: 5

ACTIVITIES

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 ?

Ans: The poet Wordsworth compares himself with a piece of lonely cloud floating high above the high vales and hills.

(b) Read the second stanza. Now find out the following:

With what does Wordsworth compare the daffodils?

Ans : The poet is amazed by the daffodil’s beauty, thus he compared the daffodils with the stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way continuously and also referred them as a crowd that dances and flutters in the breeze and tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

(c) Read and recite the third stanza. Now find out what Words Worth means by ‘jocund’ company from the options below.

(i) happy and cheerful.

(ii) talkative.

(iii) quiet and sad.

Ans : (i) happy and cheerful.

(d) Read and recite the lines:

“I gazed-and-gazed- but little thought

What wealth the show brought to me had brought.”

‘What does the poet mean by the word

‘wealth”? Why does he use the word here?

Ans : By the word ‘wealth’ the poet means that this sense of peace and joy are worth more to the speaker than wealth.

He uses the word here because the daffodils was a rich experience that not only made him happy then but even later on whenever he recollected the memory.

(e) Read the last stanza of the poem and find out the following information: 

What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch in a sad and thoughtful mood? 

Ans:- When the poet lies on the couch in a sad and thoughtful mood, he comes down from the cloud and reveals the reality of his current physical state even though he no longer sees the dancing waves and golden daffodils he says that he will never forget them.

2. Choose the correct option in each of the following questions :

(a) The poet compares himself to :

(i) a piece of lonely cloud.

(ii) a host of golden daffodils.

(iii) a lake.

(iv) the trees.

Ans : (i) a piece of lonely cloud.

(b) While wandering alone, the poet saw.

(i) a crowd of people.

(ii) clouds floating over vales and hills.

(iii) a host of golden daffodils.

(iv) A lake.

Ans : (iii) a host golden daffodils.

(c) The poet compares the daffodils to: 

(i) a lonely cloud.

(ii) a lake.

(iii) the stars in the milky way.

(iv) a boy.

Ans: (iii) the stars in the milky way.

(d) The ‘jocund company’ referred to is the company of … (‘jocund company’)

(i) the daffodils.

(ii) the sparkling waves of the lake.

(iii) the dancing daffodils and the waves of the lake.

(iv) the stars in the milky way.

Ans: (i) the daffodils.

(e) The inward eye of the poet is the poet’s

(i) vacant mood. 

(ii) thoughtful mood

(iii) imagination  

(iv) bliss of solitude.

Ans: (iii) imagination.

Q. 3. Read the poem and match the following:

Ans :

Q. 4. Read the poem again and answer the following questions : 

(a) Find a word in stanza 1 that means ‘to room about’,

Ans: wandered/wander.

(b) Find out what ‘O’er’ means. How will you write the actual word?

Ans: O’er>over. The actual word is ‘over’,

(c) Find a word in stanza 2 which means ‘a lake’.

Ans : a bay

(d) What does the poet refer to when he says ‘Ten Thousand saw I’?

Ans : The poet refers to the unnumbered when he says “Ten thousand saw I’.

(e) What is ‘sprightly dance’

Ans : Sprightly dance means dancing in glee.

(f) Give another word each for ‘glee’ and ‘jocund’

Ans : glee-happy, a feeling of great delight,

(g) What is ‘out did’ in out did the sparkling waves?

Ans : In ‘out did’ the sparkling waves ‘out did’ means ‘defeated’ the sparkling waves

(h) Give the opposite of the following words :

vacant, pleasure, bliss

Ans : 

Q. 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 practise the pronunciation of each word. This will help you recite the poem.

6. Let’s go back to the poem once more and note the following:

(a) The first line (L1) of the poem ends with clouds.

(b) L 2 ends with hills.

(c) L 3 ends with a crowd.

(d) L4 ends with daffodils.

   Note that cloud and crowd are pairs 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.

Ans : 

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

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.

Ans : (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.

7. (a) Rewrite the following poetic lines in everyday English.

(i) Ten thousand saw I at a glance.

(ii) For oft when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood.

(iii) Then my heart with pleasure fills.

Ans : (i) I saw unnumbered flowers at one sight of my eyes.

(ii) Often when I was lying in my bed thinking anything in the sad moment.

(iii) Then my heart filled with pleasure.

(b) Find two words in the poem that are poetic in form and are not used in prose. Write a sentence illustrating the use of each of the two words.

Ans :  O’er = over : The train goes from over the bridge.

         Oft = Often : He often  goes to gym.

(c) Illustrate the differences in meaning between ‘gaze’ and ‘stare’ by writing a sentence using each.

Ans: gaze : He gazed at the lily flower.

stare : The girl stares at the frock when she walks from there.

Q. 8. Note that one word in each of the following lines is wrong. Rewrite the extract below by replacing the word with the correct word of the poem.

The trees beside them-danced; but they   

Out did the twinkling waves in glee;

A cloud could not but be gay

In such a joyous company:

I gazed and gazed but also thought

What wealth the sight to me had brought.

Ans : The waves beside them danced; but they

Out did the sparkling waves in glee;

A poet could not but be gay

In such a jocund company :

I gazed and gazed but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought.

9. Your teacher will divide you into four or eight groups. Each group works on the stanza given to you. In your group, discuss the stanza given to you and write the main idea of the stanza in two or more sentences. Then collect all the passages and paste them on a chart paper along with the poem, and Rang the chart in the class.

Ans : Stanza (1) – The poet William Wordsworth wandered from one place to another like a cloud, which flew over valleys and hills with the flow of wind. Suddenly the poet sees a large number of blooming daffodils by the side of the lake and under the trees. The blowing breeze makes these daffodils dance and flutter with it.

Stanza (2) – In the second stanza the poet compares daffodil’s beauty with the stars. Just like stars, the daffodils were shining as they were golden colour and were twinkling as they were fluttering in the breeze. The daffodils are spreading over a very large area along the margin of a boy. They seemed to stretch in an endless line.

Stanza (3) – The waves in the lake beside these daffodils are also dancing with the wind. But in comparison to the daffodils the waves are not as beautiful and attractive. The poet says that the waves beside them dance, but they out – did the sparkling waves in glee. The joyful dance of the daffodils was far better than theirs.

Stanza (4) – In the fourth and final stanza, the poet says that while sitting on his couch the images of daffodils flash upon his imagination. The image of daffodils always comes to the mind of the poet whenever the poet is all alone. It was his joy in loneliness and his heart filled with pleasure with the dances of the daffodils. He also feels like dancing with daffodils.

Q. 10. Let’s learn 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 blanks spaces with the correct from of the word.

One day the poet William Wordsworth was wandering alone along a lake. All at once, he …………(see) a hot 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.

Ans : One  day poet William Wordsworth was wandering alone along a lake. All at once, he saw a host of golden daffodils. The daffodils were dancing in 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 (notice) 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 an began to dance with the daffodils.

Q. 11. Read the poem carefully. Pick out the words from each stanza that indicate or refer to some kind of action or work. In your exercise book, make a list of all the action words that you have picked out. Use the dictionary to find out the meaning of the unfamiliar action words.

You can list the words and their meanings in a table as shown below.

Action  Word             Meaning

Ans :

12. (a) I he action words that you have listed refer to some kind of action or work done by the poet. Such words are called verbs. Write down some action words in Column B that match with the nouns in Column A.

Column A           Column B

Ans :

(b) Working with your partner, use the verbs in Column B and write four sentences that tell what the nouns in Column A were doing. One has been done for you.

(i) The cloud was floating over vales and hills.

(ii) ………………………………………………………

(iii)……………………………………………………….

(iv)……………………………………………………….

Ans : (ii) Golden daffodils were fluttering in the breeze.

(iii) Stars were sparkling in the sky.

(iv) Sparkling waves were dancing sprightly.

Q. 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 these 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 more examples : 

(i) in the morning.

(ii) at noon.

(iii) on Monday.

The underlined words above are prepositións 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.

Here are some more phrases:

(i) by car (ii) on foot

(iii) with a knife

Here by, on, denote how something is done. For example, I cut the apple with a knife.

Now complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

(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 share of a bay.(beneath/along/for)

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

Ans : (i) Clouds float over hills and valleys.

(ii) The daffodils bloomed beside a lake.between).

(iii) Stars were shining in the night sky.

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

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

Q. 14. Discuss in groups and write a few lines on:

(a) How you felt after you saw a beautiful garden full of blooming flowers.

Ans: I feel very happy and refreshed after seeing the beautiful gardens full of blooming flowers. Furthermore the smell of the flower can refresh a person’s mind in the morning or anytime. The image of flowers I like to keep in my mind keeps me feeling relaxed and refreshed whenever I feel stressed.

(b) a place without trees and flowers 

Ans : Without trees, there would be substantially more carbon dioxide in the air and significantly less oxygen. Without trees and plants there would be no paper, no pencils, even no coffee or tea, but more fundamentally there would also be no food for animals, or us to eat. We need more trees and plants because trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen.

15. (a) Let’s play a game :

Sit in a circle. Your teacher will tell you a story. After a few sentences, she/he will stop narrating. Each student will continue to narrate the story from the point where the previous one has stopped. Each student is supposed to add four to ten sentences. You may add new characters, events, descriptions, and so on. The one who comes up with the maximum number of sentences will be the winner.

(b) Now, write the story in your own words. Give a suitable title.

Ans :  Success : The result of hard work.

Once upon a time, there was a small village. Everyone in the village was a kind and hardworking man. They live in unity, the women are busy with their household work and with their children. Ramen was a bright student and everyone from the village praised him. Ramen’s father is a farmer and mother is a housewife. Ramen wanted to become a doctor. But the college is very far from the village, and Ramen’s father can’t afford the expenses of the university. 

One morning Ramen came home with a very bright smile and he said to their parents that he topped the class. Everyone is very happy. The father said that he was very happy. Everyone said Ramen should go to the town for further study. But the Ramen father denied. He said that I am a farmer from a small village. I can’t afford the expense and I am getting old. I Can’t do the farming now. Ramen will help me in farming. Ramen became very sad. Every one of the villagers talked with Raamen’s father and Said he is a bright student and has a bright future. Let him go, we all help you. Ramen’s father became emotional and told Ramen to go to the town for further study. He became very happy that everyone helped him.

Ramen went to the town for further study. He also does a part time job for extra income in the town. And study very hard at night. With great hard work he was able to become a doctor within a few years. When he returned to the village, Ramen parents and villagers were very proud of him. Ramen opened a pharmacy in the village. 

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