Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Comprehension - (Poetry / Literary)

Question:

Read the following lines and answer the question :

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.

Pick out a pair of adjectives to describe the poet's feelings :

Options:

jocund and blissful

sparkling and solitary

gleeful and pensive

vacant and pleasant

Correct Answer:

gleeful and pensive

Explanation:

As per NTA the correct answer is gleeful and pensive.