CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -What had sealed the poet’s spirit? Ans: The death of Lucy scaled the poet’s spirit.

Detailed explanation-2: -What had sealed the narrator’s spirit? The poet’s spirit has been sealed by a deep sleep, which keeps him away from the human reality devoid of any human fears.

Detailed explanation-3: -Actually, a deep slumber ‘sealed’ his spirit. He fell as if he were in deep sleep. This deep sleep seems to have closed off his body and soul. She is no more and will not be affected by the earthly years as well as by the touch of five physical senses.

Detailed explanation-4: -This is because by the end of the poem, we come to know that the poet imagines her to be a part of nature, rotating with the earth on its axis. He takes consolation from the fact that she is still alive in the nature and is beyond life’s trials. This promotes the idea that he feels a “great peace” of mind.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.