Question

What does William Wordsworth mean by "They" in the following bolded line?

They stretched in never-ending line

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 a 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.

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Answer 1

In the poem, William Wordsworth mean "Stars" by they.

In short, Your Answer would be: Option D

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Answer 2

Answer: B) Daffodils.

Step-by-step explanation: In the given poem by William Wordsworth, the bolded line "They stretched in never-ending line" is referring to the daffodils, we can know that because in the first stanza the speaker is describing a vale with golden daffodils, and in the second stanza the speaker compares those daffodils with stars (Continuous as the stars that shine , And twinkle on the milky way) and says that they (the daffodils) stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay.