Question

Rolled roubd in earth's diurnal couse. Explain this line.

Answer 1

Answer:

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)

Explanation:

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.