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Stanza 1
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 takenaway, he could not bear the loss.
Stanza 2
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.
NCERT - Question and Answers (To be done in class work notebook)
1. “A slumber did my spirit seal,” says the poet. That is, a deep sleep
„closed off ‟ his soul (or mind). How does the poet react to his loved
one‟s death? Does he feel bitter grief? Or does he feel a great peace?
