Podar International School (SSC)
Worksheet for the Year 2017-18
Sub : English
Topic : Daffodils
STD
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VIII
Worksheet No.:
Date :
Name :
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Read the following extract and do the activities:
Q1) Complete the following:
a) The poet compare himself to -------------------------------------b) The poet saw the daffodils----------------------------------------------------
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
Ghost, 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 sprightly dance.
Q2) Answer the following:
a) What are the daffodils compare to and why?
b) Name the poet of the poem.
c) What are the daffodils doing?
d) How does the poet describe the movements
Q 3) Write from the extract the word that
means: a) A large group, b) nodding, c) a
brief look, d) flapping
Q4) Write the pairs of rhyming words of
the given stanza.
Q5) Write the rhyming scheme of the
above stanza.
the daffodils?
Q6) Name and explain the figure of speech:
Personal response:
a) wandered lonely as a cloud
b) Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
Describe the poet’s mood and feeling
after he sees the daffodils
c) Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
d) Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
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