Romantic Era
When did the Romantic Era happen?
What is the late 18th to the mid-19th
century?
Which line is an example of a hyperbole?
What is line 11?
Indentations or no indentations?
No indentations.
Who is referred as the "cloud" in the poem?
Who is the speaker/Wordsworth?
What year was Wordsworth born?
What is 1770?
Name one characteristic of the Romantic Era.
What is a huge emphasis on emotion, connection to nature, focus on the sublime, imagination, and fantasy?
Which two lines in the poem makes use of a simile?
What is line 1 and line 7?
Describe the use of capitalization in the poem.
Capitalization begins at the start of every line.
What do you think the term, "gay," mean in the poem?
What is happy?
_____ became a central theme in his later works due to being heavily influenced by the beauty of the Lake District in his early childhood.
What is nature?
What do Romantic poets believe in?
What is expressing personal feelings and imagination through their works?
In the poem, the author's use of imagery appeals to which one of the senses?
What is sight?
This poem has a total of __ stanzas and __ lines.
What is 4 stanzas and 24 lines?
What is the significance of the daffodils in the poem?
The daffodils symbolize beauty, happiness, and the capacity of nature to uplift the human spirit.
Where did Wordsworth studied when he was young?
What is Hawkshead Grammar School?
Describe the Romantic Era.
What is a time when poets and writers celebrated and expressed emotions, nature, and individual freedom?
Reverse personification was used to describe what in the poem? (hint: two things only)
What are daffodils and clouds?
What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
What is ABABCC?
Describe the speaker's emotional journey.
Along the lines of the speaker starting out lonely but ends the poem w/a peaceful respite.
Describe his writing style.
His writing style emphasized simplicity, sincerity, and emotional depth.
Name three revolutions or movements in which the Romantic Era had emerged from?
What is the Industrial Revolution, French Revolution, and the Enlightenment?
"They flash upon that inward eye"
This line is an example of which literacy device?
What is a metaphor?
(Reason: This phase was like saying the daffodils [they] in the speaker's mind shine brightly, even though they're not really shining like lights.)
Which line in the poem is the title?
What is line 1?
Provide a general summary of this poem.
The poem is about a group of golden daffodils dancing beside the lake and beneath the trees. Wordsworth’s poetic persona, at some point, visited that spot, and he describes how he felt having the sight of those beautiful flowers.
Which one of his works was considered to be one of his major achievements? (hint: a autobiographical book)
What is "The Prelude?"