CLASS 9
A SLUMBER DID MY SPIRIT SEAL
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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yes
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no
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maybe
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not known
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Detailed explanation-1: -A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why could she not feel the touch of earthly years? Answer: ‘She’ stands for the beloved of the poet. The poet is shocked on her death.
Detailed explanation-3: -The expression “The touch of earthly years, ” refers to the ravages of old age faced by human beings – the depletion of energy, diseases, senility and death which a person has to suffer as one grows old during life on this earth. The poet’s beloved Lucy will not face the problems of old age as she is no more alive.
Detailed explanation-4: -The death of the poet’s beloved is so sudden and unexpected that his mind as well as his body seems to be closed off. A deep slumber has taken hold over him. His spirit seems to be sealed. He has lost touch of earthly consciousness.