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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow. Which Wealth is Referred to by the Poet? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be  but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.

Which wealth is referred to by the poet?

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The wealth which is referred to here by the poet means wealth of joy and happiness; which actually comes from happy and fond memories when the poet saw a host of golden daffodils by the side of the lake beneath the trees.

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Chapter 1.06: Daffodils - Lines 13 - 18

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