Poem-8 A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal, 9th-Eng

 *8. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal (William Wordsworth)*
 
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
 
*1. Who is the poet of this poem?*
Ans. William Wordsworth
 
*2. What can’t the poet feel now?*
Ans. Human fears
 
*3. What has happened to the poet’s beloved?*
Ans. She is dead
 
*4. What does the poet’s beloved move with?*
Ans. With rocks, stones and trees
 
*5. Has the poet’s beloved any motion now?*
Ans. No
 
*6. Why can’t she hear or see?*
Ans. Because she is dead

Short Type

*1. What is Wordsworth referring in the phrase 'the touch of earthly years'?*

Ans. It means that the time is meausred on the earth by months, years and seasons. His beloved is dead. She will not feel 'the touch of the earthy years.' 

*2. Explain the line 'She seemed a thing that could not feel.'*

Ans. The poet says that his beloved is dead. She is incapable to participate in the  world activities. She will not feel the worldly affairs.

*3. What is the central idea of the poem 'A Slumber Did my Spirit Seal.'*

Ans. The poet is very sad at the death of his beloved. She has lost all her motion and strength. Time will have no effect on her.