9th class-cbse english-(NCERT BOOK-beehive)(poem) (A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal)( William wordsworth)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) How does the poet feel at the death of his loved men?

Ans1) The poet is very much troubled mentally at the death of his loved one. Her death has thrown the poet in a deep shock.

Q2) What does the poet say about his loved ones?

Ans2) The poet says that after death her beloved has neither motion nor force. She can neither hear nor see .she has become lifeless. Now she is  not disturbed by passage of time.

Q3) Why does the poet say that his loved one is rolling round in the way of the earth?

Ans3) The poet says that because as the earth revolves round it axis daily she is also moving in the diurnal course.

Q4) What are the ideas contained in the poem ‘A slumber did my spirit seal’?

Ans4) Poet believes in the eternal power of nature. The poet feels grieved at the death of his loved. The nature remains busy in doing its activities.

Some more questions for practice.

Q4) Explain the line ‘Rolled in Earth’s diurnal course?

Q5) In what way does the earth remain engaged round the clock?

Q3) Write down the imagery of the nature as portrayed by the poet.