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The Daffodils Or   (I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud) 1. Introduction of the poem : The Daffodils is a simple but an impressive poem composed by William Wordsworth in 1804.  It is an semi-autobiographical poem because it depends on a personal familial event. On April 15, 1802, the poet and his sister Dorothy went to their friends at Elsmere.  When they were returning back to Grasmere, they saw a large number of golden daffodils growing on the bank of a Lake Ullswater in the Lake District. [Lake Ullswater]   The flowers were dancing beautifully with the breeze (gentle wind). Dorothy had even written about this scene in her journal (diary).   Later on, the remembrance of the beautiful scene inspired the poet to compose this poem, and he depended on Dorothy's journal (diary) while composing this poem. When the poem was first published, its title was 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', which is also the first line of the poem.  This line indicates about the loneliness of the poet. He f

  Neighbours [The Writer : Tim Winton] Introduction of the story  : Tim Winton is an Australian writer. This particular story was first published in 1985, in his collection 'Scission'. As a part of Australian literature here the writer is presenting the problems and prejudices of living in a multicultural and multilingual society, and how to overcome such problems. It is a story of interaction of a newly married couple who have come to live in a multicultural society. In the beginning neither do they understand each other's language, nor do they like them.  But by the end all the prejudices melt away because of the love and  a sense of belongingness of the neighbours and the newly wed couple. This story proves that linguistic and cultural barriers can never stop people from loving and being compassionate (feeling or showing concern for others/ caring) to each other. ---------------------------------------------- Summary : This story is about a young new couple who have sett