A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
Willliam Wordsworth
Willliam Wordsworth
1. Word-Meaning
Slumber= deep sleep
Sprit= soul Diurnal= daily
Diurnal course= daily course of movement.
Earthly= related to world
2. Rhyming words:
Fears – years
Course- force
Seal — feel
3. Who is the poet of the poem "A slumber did my sprit seal” ?
Ans:- William Wordsworth.
4. How does the poet react to his lovell one's death?
Ans:- Death of a loved one is always painful. The poet, William Wordsworth is shocked and surprised at the death of his loved one. He also feels that his soul is closed and he can feel no human fear.
5. What is earthly years as mentioned in the poem "A slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?
Ans:- Earthly years means the physical existence of human life.
6. What is meant by "Earth's diurnal course"?
Ans:- Earth's diurnal course means earth's daily rotation on its axis.
7. How does the poet imagine her to be, after death?
Ans:- After death, the poet imagines her to be an inseparable part of nature. He does not think her as a part of heaven.
8. What does Slumber refer to in the poem” A Slumber Did My Sprit Seal”?
Ans:- Slumber is referred to deep sleep.
9. What has happened to the poets beloved woman after her death?
Ans:- The poet's beloved is no more. She is dead. She has become a thing. Time has no effect on her. She has no motion and no force. She neither hears nor sees. She has become an integral part of time itself.
10. How has the poet's beloved become an inherent part of nature?
(Or) How does the poet pay his warm tribute to his loved one?
Ans:- The poet pays warın tribute to his loved one by making her immortal in his memory. She is no more. She is dead. She has become a thing. Time has no effect on her. She has become an integral part of natural objects like rocks, stones and trees.
11. Write briefly how the poet pays tribute to his beloved in the last stanza of the poem?
Ans:- In the last stanza of the poem the poet pays tribute to his beloved by marking her as an immortal thing. Time cannot touch her. She has become an integral part of natural objects like rocks, trees and stones.
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