A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal Summary, Explanation, Word meanings Class 9

CBSE Class 9 English Poem 8 A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal Summary, Line by Line Explanation along with Difficult Word Meanings and Literary Devices from Beehive Book

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal – Here is the Class 9 English Beehive Book Poem 8 A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal Summary and Detailed explanation of the Lesson along with meanings of difficult words. Also, the explanation is followed by the literary devices used in the Poem

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

By William Wordsworth

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

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A Slumber did my spirit seal Introduction

This is one of the ‘Lucy poems’ written by William Wordsworth. These poems have been dedicated to his beloved. The poet refers to death which is a permanent sleep. The poet did not realize when his beloved Lucy slept forever i.e. she died. She had taken life for granted and realized this harsh truth of life after her death.

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A Slumber did my spirit seal Summary

Here is the summary of the poem written by William Wordsworth “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal.” The poem is a musing on the nature of sleep and its capacity to promote emotional and spiritual well-being. The poem’s speaker recalls falling asleep deeply and waking up with their spirit “locked” in a serene, dreamless condition. The speaker also considers how nature’s magnificence, such as the moon and stars, made a significant contribution to their achieving this serene state. The poem’s main message is that sleep has the ability to relieve stress and rejuvenate the mind and spirit, allowing the individual to forget about their problems and anxieties.

A Slumber did my spirit seal Summary in Hindi

यहाँ विलियम वर्ड्सवर्थ द्वारा लिखित कविता “ए स्लंबर डिड माई स्पिरिट सील” का सारांश दिया गया है। कविता नींद की प्रकृति और भावनात्मक और आध्यात्मिक कल्याण को बढ़ावा देने की क्षमता पर एक चिंतन है। कविता के वक्ता गहरी नींद में गिरने और अपनी आत्मा के साथ एक शांत, स्वप्नहीन स्थिति में “बंद” होने को याद करते हैं। वक्ता यह भी विचार करता है कि कैसे प्रकृति की भव्यता, जैसे कि चंद्रमा और सितारों ने इस शांत स्थिति को प्राप्त करने में महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दिया। कविता का मुख्य संदेश यह है कि नींद में तनाव दूर करने और मन और आत्मा को फिर से जीवंत करने की क्षमता होती है, जिससे व्यक्ति अपनी समस्याओं और चिंताओं को भूल सकता है।

Poem Explanation

Poem :
A slumber did my spirit seal—
I had no human fears.
She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.

Word meaning
Slumber: sleep
Spirit: soul

Explanation of the above poem – The poet’s soul had drifted into deep sleep as he did not have any realization of the truth. He had taken life for granted and had never thought that one day death would take Lucy away from him. When she was taken away, he could not bear the loss.

Poem:
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.

Word meaning
diurnal: daily
(Earth’s diurnal course” is earth’s daily rotation on its axis)

Explanation of the above poem – The poet accepts the truth that Lucy is no more. She is motionless, lifeless. She cannot see nor hear. She has been buried in the earth. She will assimilate into the earth and is rotating along with the earth. One day she will become one with the rocks, stones and trees that are a part of the Earth.

Literary devices

1. Rhyme scheme – abab cdcd

2. Alliteration – The repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more consecutive words is called alliteration. The instances of alliteration are as follows –
‘Spirit sealed’, ‘rolled round’

3. Enjambment – when a sentence continues into two or more lines ending without any punctuation marks, it is called Enjambment. The instances of enjambment are as follows –
“She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.”

“Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course
With rocks and stones and trees.”

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