Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

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:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company: … (Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," lines 11-16)

Which word best describes the tone of this poem?

a. reflective
b. gleeful
c. dour
d. respectful

Answer 1

A. Reflective kinda gives you a reflective stance like they're thinking back on something

Answer 2

Answer: A) Reflective.

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. From the given options, the word that best describes the tone of the poem, is the corresponding to option A:reflective, we can see that in the way the speaker remembers what he saw and how much he liked the daffodils dancing, he also reflects about how he felt in that moment.