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Beehive Poem: A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

English · CBSE Class 9 · English Medium · 17 questions and answers

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Q: Who wrote 'A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal'?

A: William Wordsworth.

Q: This poem is one of a group of poems about whom?

A: A girl named Lucy (the 'Lucy poems').

Q: What does 'a slumber did my spirit seal' mean?

A: The poet was in a dreamy, careless state, unaware of reality.

Q: What false belief did the poet hold about the girl?

A: That she could never age or be touched by time or death.

Q: What 'human fears' had the poet lost?

A: The fear of losing her, believing she was beyond time's reach.

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