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 :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → gleeful and pensive
The lines show the poet in two moods. Among the dancing daffodils he "could not but be gay": he is gleeful, full of joy. Later, on his couch, he is "in vacant or in pensive mood". Pensive means deep in serious thought, the mood in which the memory returns to him.
Example: After reading the letter, he grew quiet and pensive.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: jocund and blissful — Incorrect. Wrong link: jocund means cheerful and merry, but the poet uses it for the "company" of the daffodils, and "bliss" is used for solitude ("the bliss of solitude"). The pair does not describe the poet's own two moods.
Example: The jocund crowd cheered every goal.
Option 2: sparkling and solitary — Incorrect. Wrong link: "sparkling" describes the waves, and "solitary" (alone) is the poet's condition, not a feeling.
Option 4: vacant and pleasant — Incorrect. Only partly true: "vacant" is one of his moods, but pleasant describes something that gives pleasure; the poet feels pleasure, he is not described as pleasant.