, Slumber Did ty Spirit Seal by William Wordsworth Explanation of the Poem ‘hal dea of Stanza 1 ‘Poem ‘A slumber did my spirit seal Thad no human fears. ‘smite She seemed a thing that could not fee! oi Seat has expressed “The touch of earthly years. le ri grieved over this. He ._2sumber or a deep sleep heedhin His beloved “1 she could sense nothing i hen aca ‘No human fear 5 has expressed his grief over the death of a loved one. He ‘ignorance planation nt nen oer os death sre vlimate feo or human Dios araaem rhe says ba hehe ee ie, fhen he has many opprehensions ‘ond many fears like ays 88 of earth that is beings. When o pers put death makes the end of all these fears boomer -eorthly on or te alc ha: a scefull Sst long the routine cians, OTHE pave ra tet on HS beloved She has passed away peacefully i, "th This is her afterlife spol fe0rs S807 sind “ones ond tees. jecving 07009 gpanZo 2 de nw nnkie No mot? not She neither in earth's diurnal course Rolled OUP grones and tee withAllinone tnglsh anguoge ond Urertur cis, any ae Poetic Devices Used in the Poem naa arn oat ‘ompares Wo DG fas Wha ‘rye sebee bb ‘ototthe nce The ps conoes we he see NCERT FOLDER (Here we have covered questions given inthe NCERT fextbook along with their answers.) the bela of he poset lehim py he seme thing ‘Short Answer ype avesions [2a Sut elect ca slmber have as heen refered on be Wh abe eh Ane sb fe a dah Asn appa Lacy was deal 0 : thing id the beowed =< leash, the beloved ea impacto the ext 7otal 1 Death is inevitable. Everyone has to die one day. People show different kinds of attitude towang death. But, in the poem, the poet has a completely different attitude. What qualities did he shay, doing this? ‘Ans. We all know that death is ultimate and it will come a day, but none wants to die. We all fear from death aj avoid it as much as we can. But in this poem, the poet has shown a different attitude towards death. Althoues was distressed on the death of his beloved, he had accepted the fate. He knew that the bond was destined wy broken one day. So, he was not much affected by it. He showed a quality chat is quite uncommon—accepane was aware of the fac that his beloved was free from all the worldly affairs and she was a part of nature thes Self Assessment Extract Based Question Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow. 1 No motion has she now, no force— She neither hears nor sees, Rolled round in earth's diurnal course With rocks and stones and trees. (a) Why did she have no motion and no force? (bd) Explain with context: ~Earth’s diurnal course”. {c) Which word is similar to ‘strength’? (d) Which rhyme scheme has been introduced in the poem by the poet? Short Answer (SA) Type Questions 2 What did make the spirit of the poet seal? 3) why could she not feel anything? 4 What did happen to the beloved of the poet after the death? Long Answer (\4) Value Based Type Question 5) How did the poet console himself during the period of his beloved’ death? What values did he #* ‘8 oF