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Question
How is the last verse different from the other verse? Is the poet deriving a different mood than that expressed in the previous verse?
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Solution
The last verse of the poem ‘Daffodils’ explores the poet’s feelings when he reminisces the scene of daffodils he witnessed much earlier. The first three verses describe the host of golden, happy and beautiful daffodils he saw one day. The last verse discusses what an enriching experience that had been. That sight still plays on in the mind of the poet and gives him inner peace andinspires him.
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