Question

Read "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth:

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, 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.

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:

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.

Which characteristic of the poem suggests that it is a lyric poem?

A.
the natural setting and complete narrative quality
B.
the emotional response the daffodils evoke in the speaker
C.
the personification of the clouds, waves, and daffodils
D.
the time gap between the speaker's experience and his narration

Answer 1

The characteristic of the poem that suggests it is a lyric poem is in the option B. the emotional response the daffodils evoke in the speaker.

Because a lyric poem will be market by a musical rhythm and the expression of personal emotions and feelings of the writer. In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" Willian writes about feelings of loneliness, gazing, pensive mood and pleasure that are all related to his own emotions and feelings.