A DIGITAL CLASS ON DAFFODILS: DAFFODILS

E- Content on Daffodils

Target Group : VIII Standard Students

Subject : English

Topic : Poetry- Daffodils

Duration : 8 minutes

Learning objectives : The learner has ability ;

1. to grasp the theme of the poem

2. to highlight the beauty of nature.

3. to observe and enjoy the nature beauty.

4. to learn new phrases and word.

5. to the poetic devices and images.

NOTES :-

The poem is written by William Wordsworth an American poet. Who was also a romantic poet. Due to his love for nature, most of his poems describe nature and its beauty. One day poet was travelling along the countryside when he came across a large number of daffodils. These flowers were growing at the bank of the river. These were dancing and moving I the breeze. The sight delighted the poet and he looked at these flowers for a long time. The poets and writers have actually a world of imagination. They think beyond that world. The poet feels pleasure in the company of daffodils.

“Beside the lake beneath the tree, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze”.

The sight of pretty yellow daffodils delighted the poet. So that whenever he is alone in thinking mode the same sight come in his mind and his heart fills with pleasure. Natural beauty and the color of nature are the real and permanent source of pleasure for the poet. He feels very relax and his all tension disappear from his mind, whenever the sight of daffodils come to his mind. Nature and its beauty left an everlasting impression on poet imagination. Natural beauty is a source of attraction for the poet. The poet feels happiness in the company of daffodils and these flowers have become a permanent source of spiritual joy for the poet.

“Nature is a guiding mother”.

The most common effect of nature on our mind is that it removes or reduces our stress level and lead us to the height of imagination, which is actually a heaven for all the poets and writers.

“Nature does require her time for Preservation”

The scene of daffodils saved in the memory of the poet that after few years passing poet can recall these memories in his solitude. He can visualize their beauty as they were there in reality. That is the magic of the poet.

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Hai everyone, how are you? Hope you are all safe at home? Have you ever seen this flower? Do you know the name of the flower? This is yellow Daffodil flower. It is the national flower of Wales. we are gone to learn a beautiful poem Daffodils by William Wordsworth. Don't you know who is Wordsworth? This is William Wordsworth. He is one of the well-known nature poets in English. Wordsworth was born in 1770. He was one of the famous authors of Romantic Era. He produced a style of writing which were psychologically persuasive and based on direct autobiographical experiences. His writing was based on love fascination a obsession myth and nature. Wordsworth devoted his life to poetry and used his feelings for nature to express himself and how he evolved. He died in the year 1850. Major works: Lyrical ballads, I wandered lonely as a cloud also known as Daffodils, the solitary reaper (1800), The Prelude (1850), Ecclesiastical sonnets (1822), French Revolution (1810) According to William Wordsworth Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings it takes its origin from emotions recollected in triangle tranquillity. Hope you all get a brief idea about William Wordsworth. The poem Daffodil is a representation of Romantic Era. It is one of the most splendid poems praises the beauty of nature. which enforce the poet excitement love and praise for a field blossoming with Daffodils. Let's recite the poem Daffodils. First title of the poem and poet's name appeared and then lines are visible while recitation. I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on the 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. The waves beside them dances ; but they out-did the sparkling space 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. Hope all of you recited the poem. Do you notice any difficult words in the poem? These are the new words; 1. floats – moves easily or lightly. 2. Vales- valleys 3. Host – a large number of daffodils. 4. Fluttering – the motion made by flapping up and down. 5. Glance – brief look 6. Jocund – cheerful, merry 7. Pensive – deeply thoughtful 8. Solitude – the state of begin alone. The poet has compared himself to a solitary cloud. Just like a cloud floats over hills and valley, the poet too has been walking across the countryside without any aim. Suddenly, while walking beside a lake, he saw a large number of golden daffodils that were fluttering and dancing' in the breeze. They were spread out in long rows along the border of the lake and looked very happy. The flowing breeze made the daffodils flutter and it seemed as if they were dancing. Hope, you all get the idea clear. Shall I ask some questions.

1. While the poet was wandering, what did he see? 2. Who is compared to lonely cloud in the Poem? 3. What was fluttering in the breeze? 4. “I saw a crowd” Here ‘crowd' is referred to what?

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