A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal Notes Poem 8 English Class 9

Notes For All Chapters English Beehive Class 9

About the Poem

Title: A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

Poet: William Wordsworth

This poem expresses the poet’s feelings after the death of a loved one. He describes how her death made him feel calm and detached from human fears. The poet imagines that she has now become a part of nature and moves along with the earth, rocks, and trees.

About the Poet

William Wordsworth was one of the greatest English poets of nature. His poems often show his deep love for nature and human emotions.

Theme of the Poem

The poem is about death, peace, and immortality through nature.The poet shows that death is not the end but a transformation – the loved one has become one with nature.

Summary (in Easy English)

The poet says that his spirit was sealed in a deep sleep. He did not feel human fears and believed his loved one was beyond the reach of time and death.Now, she does not move, see, or hear. She has become a part of the earth and moves with it – along with rocks, stones, and trees.

The poet finds peace in thinking that she is still with nature, though she is no longer alive.

Explanation (Line by Line)

Stanza 1

“A slumber did my spirit seal-

I had no human fears.”

→ The poet says his mind was closed by a deep sleep. He was free from normal human worries or fears.

“She seemed a thing that could not feel

The touch of earthly years.”

→ He felt that his beloved was beyond age or time, untouched by human life or change.

Stanza 2

“No motion has she now, no force-

She neither hears nor sees,”

→ Now she is dead. She has no movement, no power, and cannot hear or see anymore.

“Rolled round in earth’s diurnal courseWith rocks and stones and trees.”

→ She has become one with the earth and moves with it as it rotates daily – just like rocks, stones, and trees.