Question

Read the poem and answer the question.

[1]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;
[5]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
[10]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:
[15]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
[20]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.

Line 23 signals a tone shift from reflective to _______________________.


exhausted
happy
neutral
playful

Answer 1

happy

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Line 23 signals a tone shift from reflective to happy.

This poem was written by Wordsworth, an English poet . He was a romantic poet from the XVIII ; he was interested in beauty more than in rhetoric or ornaments. Wordsworth's romantic sensibility replaced the classical form of some poets. In this poem he put the focus on the fact that " emotions are recollected in a state of tranquility." He used a reflective tone because he was thinking about the beautiful flowers , the daffodils, comfortably in a room. This memory filled his poet's mind and heart with pleasure and happiness.

These options are wrong:

-exhausted: The poet is not tired. He is just thinking about the beauty of nature seated in his couch.

-neutral: His tone is subjective . It is not objective. Nature touches his emotions.

-playful: He does not sound funny. He is serious but happy.