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Chapter 8 of the Class 9 English Beehive poetry textbook includes William Wordsworth's "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal." It is a short meditation about death, loss, and the peaceful merging of the lost souls with nature. Death is a hush in the poet's mind and the acceptance of transformation brought about by it.
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The poet recounts how his soul nearly fell into a peaceful slumber in the presence of the enamoured one, who is now on the verge of expiration. That soul of the beloved One now lies in nature; it rests in the calm earth.
This poem transmits the themes of death as a natural and peaceful way of being, so much so that man and nature seem to mingle.
Ans. The poet was shocked on the death of his beloved. He was very sad. He feels bitter grief. But after some realisation, he feels a great peace. He is contented that the passing of time will no longer affect her. She is in peace and has become part of nature. 2. The passing of time will no longer affect her, says the poet. Which lines of the poem say this?
Ans. She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthly years. 3. How does the poet imagine her to be, 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 think is your answer? Ans. The poet imagines her to be an inseparable part of the earth's system. She is now part of nature. She shall live as long as nature lives. The lines are: 'Rolled round in earth's diurnal course With rocks and stones and trees'
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