Extra questions
1. What does ‘a slumber’ refer to?
A slumber refers to the deep sleep.
2. What did the slumber do to the poet’s spirit?
The slumber sealed the poet’s spirit. He could not feel any human fear.
3. What had sealed the poet’s spirit?
The death of a loved one sealed the poet’s spirit.
4. What is meant by ‘human fears’?
‘Human fears’ mean the common worries and fears that everyone faces in the world.
5. What is meant by earth’s diurnal course’?
‘Earth’s diurnal course’ means the regular movement of the earth around the sun.
Q.6. ‘A slumber did my spirit seal,’ says the poet. That is, a deep sleep “closed off” his soul (or mind). How does the poet react to his loved one’s death? Does he feel bitter grief? Or does he feel a great peace?
Ans. The death of his loved one has given him a great shock. It has made his soul a root. He is in a great grief. But he also feels relieved. It is so because this child has now become a part and parcel of nature and moves in the cosmos.
Q.7. ‘The passing of time will no longer affect her’, says the poet. ‘Which lines of the poem say this?
Ans. The lines which tell about this are—`She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthy years.’
Q.8. How does the poet imagine her to he, after death? Does he think of her as a person living in a very happy state (a `heaven’).? Or does he see her now as a part of Nature? In which lines of the poem do you find your answer?
Ans. The poet imagines that the child has become now a part of nature. She moves around in this cosmos. The following lines tell us about this
‘She neither hears nor sees
Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course
With rocks and stones and trees’.
Q9. What changes were brought about in the feelings of the poet on the death of his
loved one?
The poet was grieved at the death of his loved one but the thought that she was
now beyond earthly matters and was one with nature and moving with the earth,
gave him peace.
Q10. How will the poet’s loved one not feel the touch of the earthly years?
The poet’s loved one is dead. Time will not affect her. She has neither motion
nor force. She neither hears nor sees. She has become a part of the rocks, stones
and trees and moves with the regular motion of the earth.
Q11.
How does the poet pay tribute to his loved one in the poem ‘A Slumber Did My Spirit
Seal’?
The poet is grieved and troubled on the death of his loved one. He realises that
his loved one has gone into deep slumber where worldly matters will not affect
her. She is unaffected by passing time. She cannot hear or see anything. She has
become a part of the rocks, stones and trees. The earth moves regularly around
the sun and on its axis. The poet’s beloved also moves along with the earth. She
will live forever like other objects of nature and has become immortal.
1. What does ‘a slumber’ refer to?
A slumber refers to the deep sleep.
2. What did the slumber do to the poet’s spirit?
The slumber sealed the poet’s spirit. He could not feel any human fear.
3. What had sealed the poet’s spirit?
The death of a loved one sealed the poet’s spirit.
4. What is meant by ‘human fears’?
‘Human fears’ mean the common worries and fears that everyone faces in the world.
5. What is meant by earth’s diurnal course’?
‘Earth’s diurnal course’ means the regular movement of the earth around the sun.
Q.6. ‘A slumber did my spirit seal,’ says the poet. That is, a deep sleep “closed off” his soul (or mind). How does the poet react to his loved one’s death? Does he feel bitter grief? Or does he feel a great peace?
Ans. The death of his loved one has given him a great shock. It has made his soul a root. He is in a great grief. But he also feels relieved. It is so because this child has now become a part and parcel of nature and moves in the cosmos.
Q.7. ‘The passing of time will no longer affect her’, says the poet. ‘Which lines of the poem say this?
Ans. The lines which tell about this are—`She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthy years.’
Q.8. How does the poet imagine her to he, after death? Does he think of her as a person living in a very happy state (a `heaven’).? Or does he see her now as a part of Nature? In which lines of the poem do you find your answer?
Ans. The poet imagines that the child has become now a part of nature. She moves around in this cosmos. The following lines tell us about this
‘She neither hears nor sees
Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course
With rocks and stones and trees’.
Q9. What changes were brought about in the feelings of the poet on the death of his
loved one?
The poet was grieved at the death of his loved one but the thought that she was
now beyond earthly matters and was one with nature and moving with the earth,
gave him peace.
Q10. How will the poet’s loved one not feel the touch of the earthly years?
The poet’s loved one is dead. Time will not affect her. She has neither motion
nor force. She neither hears nor sees. She has become a part of the rocks, stones
and trees and moves with the regular motion of the earth.
Q11.
How does the poet pay tribute to his loved one in the poem ‘A Slumber Did My Spirit
Seal’?
The poet is grieved and troubled on the death of his loved one. He realises that
his loved one has gone into deep slumber where worldly matters will not affect
her. She is unaffected by passing time. She cannot hear or see anything. She has
become a part of the rocks, stones and trees. The earth moves regularly around
the sun and on its axis. The poet’s beloved also moves along with the earth. She
will live forever like other objects of nature and has become immortal.
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