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A. Answer the following questions.
1. What does the poet mean by 'Ere slumber's chain has
bound me'?
2. What fond memories does the poet have of other days?
3. Why do they change to sad memories in the poet's mind?
4. The friends, so link'd together, I've seen around me fall,
Like leaves in wintry weather.' Explain these lines.
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1. The phrase in questions means that these memories come to him before ere -- he falls asleep - in other words, before " slumber " overtakes him. When he says sleep or Slumber's chain has bound him, he refers to the way sleep holds us in place and controls our thoughts.
2. Of the days around me. The poet, Thomas Moore says that most of the time is quite nights, before he sleeps and go through unconsciousness, the fond memories of his childhood brings the smile on his face again. He experience those moments around him.
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