Question

I WANT FULL SUMMARY OF A SLUMBER DID MY SPIRIT

Answer 1

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal                                                                By William Wordsworth

 

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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.

 

Poem and Explanation

A slumber did my spirit seal—  

I had no human fears.  

She seemed a thing that could not feel  

The touch of earthly years.

Slumber: sleep  

Spirit: soul

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.

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.

diurnal: daily  

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

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