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 19 signals a tone shift from joyful to _______________________.

a
concerned

b
curious

c
reflective

d
suspicious

Answer 1

Line 19 signals a tone shift from joyful to reflective.

Wordsworth (XIX) worships nature and thinks it is a source of inspiration for a poet. When he is outside, he can appreciate the beauty of nature. In this poem he describes enthusiastically the daffodils. This gives him energy and happiness -bliss- when he gets back home and finds himself alone. The beautiful images of the flowers will come to his mind and will fill his heart with pleasure. He compares his heart beats with the movement the daffodils made in the wind: "And then my heart with pleasure fills,//And dances with the daffodils."

These options are not right.

-concerned . ( The poet is not worried about anything in particular).

-curious. ( He feels curious and amazed. Nature attracts the poet's attention. Anyway, this can be his tone before line 19).

-suspicious. ( Wordsworth does not feel suspicious about nature but attracted towards it).

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

c. reflective

Step-by-step explanation:

you can observe the word pensive being using in the last stanza which is a synonym of reflective.