Question

Excerpt from “The Daffodils”

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.

What does the milky way symbolize in this poem?

A. the sky

B. the trees

C. the daffodils

D. the lake

Answer 1

The answer is C :)

Do you want me to explain?

Answer 2

C. the daffodils

Step-by-step explanation:

In this poem, the author compares the daffodils to several ideas, such as a "crowd" and "the milky way." He describes them in this way because of how the daffodils are placed. We learn that they are continuous, and that they are stretched in a "never-ending line." This, therefore, reminds the author of how the stars are placed in the Milky Way.