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 –

“i wandered lonely as a cloud,”
william wordsworth

what is the effect of wordsworth’s use of the word company in this passage?

a the word shows that the speaker does not feel lonely when he is surrounded by daffodils.

b the word suggests that the flowers are united against the speaker.

c the word emphasizes that the speaker is willing to work hard.

d the word signals the speaker’s inability to understand the meaning of the daffodils.