CLASS 9
A SLUMBER DID MY SPIRIT SEAL
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Question
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alliteration
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allegory
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allusion
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imagery
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Detailed explanation-1: -Strong sibilant alliteration appears in the very first line: “A slumber did my spirit seal.” Repeated /s/ sounds often feel gentle and quiet; here, that quietness evokes the speaker’s past life, when he metaphorically “slept” in blissful ignorance, with no “human fears” even crossing his mind.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alliteration – The repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more consecutive words is called alliteration. The instances of alliteration are as follows – ‘Spirit sealed’, ‘rolled round’
Detailed explanation-3: -A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal Summary talks about the death of the author’s beloved Lucy. This poem reflects on the thinking and feeling of the author regarding his beloved’s death. Her death has made the soul of the author a seal. Furthermore, the author was in a state of deep sleep.
Detailed explanation-4: -personification: slumber did (light sleep acts as a person) to shut off his soul. sibilant: slumber, spirit seal (strong consonant sound ‘sh’) gentle and quiet sighing sound. Slumber is the state of sleep which one is not fast asleep. During this period of sleep people see dreams.