"To see that all in the school memorized the 'Daffodils' poem of William Wordsworth, 'spoken with as little accent as possible; here as elsewhere, the use of pidgin is to be severely discouraged.' The manual also contained a pullout drawing of a daffodil, which the pupils were 'encouraged to examine' as they recited the verse. . . . Probably there were a million children who could recite 'Daffodils,' and a million who had never actually seen the flower, only the drawing, and so did not know why the poet had been stunned."