CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

A SLUMBER DID MY SPIRIT SEAL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was Lucy doing after her death?
A
coming to poet’s dreams
B
was disturbing
C
moving here and there in the in the earth’s course of rotation
D
all
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As he comes to terms of her death, the poet feels that in her death his beloved Lucy has become a part of Nature. She is now under the surface of the earth and revolving along with it on its path. He tells us that like other stones, rocks and trees she also revolves with the earth now.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lucy, after her death, has part of Nature as she has mingled with the soil. As such she is a part of the other things on the earth like rocks, stones or trees. She has now become a part of Nature.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the first stanza, the poet says that the death of his beloved made him very depressed. He says that his beloved has now become a non-living thing which cannot feel the touch of anything on the earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poet was very sad on his beloved’s death. He was shocked. But the sleep brought peace to his mind. He realised that his beloved had become part of nature and would always remain around him.

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