NCERT textbook questions

Question 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 deep sense of grief? Or does he feel a great peace?
Answer: When a loved one passes away, the poet is taken aback and taken aback. That hurts. No one feels happy about death. It’s always connected to sadness.

 

Question 2. The passing of time will no longer affect her, says the poet. Which lines of the poem say this?
Answer: “She appeared to be an entity impervious to the passage of time on Earth.”

 

Question 3. How does the poet imagine her to be, after death? Does he think of her as a person living in a very happy state (a ‘heaven’)? Or does he see her now as a part of nature? In which lines of the poem do you find your answer?
Answer: According to the poet, she is an integral element of the natural world. No, he doesn’t believe that, as “heaven” is not a nonexistent concept. In the phrase, “Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course/With rocks and stones and trees,” it is demonstrated.

 

NCERT Solution for Class 09 English Beehive Poem – A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

Additional questions solved

Short answer type questions

Question 1. What happened to the poet’s beloved?
Answer: The poet’s sweetheart was gone. She was dead now. Through the poetry, the poet honors her sweetheart. Her spirit is at rest now that she is dead. With her death, all human anxieties are over. She had vanished and was out of mortal reach.

 

Question 2. How does she become an inseparable part of nature?
Answer: She integrates into the natural world. She is imprisoned under the earth’s surface, rolling about among boulders, trees, and other debris as she moves through the soil. She is revolving according to the earth’s daily cycle. She is actually now inseparable from nature or has become one with it.

 

Question 3. Is she visible? If not, why not?
Answer: No, she is not visible as she has passed away. Her eyes are not able to see her. Through his spirit, the poet is able to see her. She has integrated herself with the daily cycle of the planet. She has blended in with the trees, rocks, and other stones.

 

Question 4. How will time not affect the poet’s beloved?
Answer: A dead object becomes everlasting, and the poet’s lover has passed away. It is well acknowledged that immortality is unaffected by time or the material world. She’s blind and deaf. She has transcended the material world. She is now past the reach of mortal years. She has integrated herself with the daily cycle of nature.

 

Question 5. How does the poet react to his beloved’s death?
Answer: The poet appears to be mentally and physically walled off after his beloved’s abrupt and unexpected demise. A heavy sleep had settled over him. He looks to have a sealed spirit. He no longer feels connected to the physical world. Now that she’s dead, he has no more worldly anxieties. His worldly emotions have been submerged in a profound sleep.

 

Question 6. How does the poet imagine her beloved after her sudden and untimely death?
Answer: His lover is no longer a part of our mortal existence. She would be too old to be touched by this life. She is not limited by the earthly body or the five senses’ actions and reactions. But she’ll become an integral part of the natural world. She will rotate in the daily orbit of the earth. She will merge with trees, stones, and other rocks.

 

NCERT Solution for Class 09 English Beehive Poem – A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

Long answer type questions

Question 1. Give a brief analysis of the poem ‘A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal’ in your own words.
Answer: The author recounts his sweetheart after her death in the poem “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal.” The poet claims to be extremely depressed after his beloved’s death in the opening line. He claims that his sweetheart has now turned into a non-living object that is incapable of feeling any kind of contact from the outside world. He claims that his darling is motionless in the second stanza. She is devoid of all senses—her ears and eyes. She is imprisoned beneath the surface of the ground and is surrounded by trees, rocks, and more.

 

Question 2. How does the poet react to the untimely, sudden, and shocking death of his beloved? What does he imagine her to be after her death?
Answer: The poet is shocked by the unexpected and abrupt death of his sweetheart. It is difficult to put the poet’s emotions into words. His spirit was actually “sealed” in a profound sleep. He slept off as if he were asleep deeply.His body and spirit feel locked in this profound sleep.

She no longer exists and will not be impacted by the passing of time on Earth or the contact of the five senses. She won’t sense any force, motion, or motion at all. Neither will be able to see or hear. Still, she’ll become an integral component of the natural world. A person’s physical demise does not guarantee their eternal damnation. No, she will follow the diurnal cycle of the earth. She will merge with trees, stones, and other rocks.

 

NCERT Solution for Class 09 English Beehive Poem – A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

Value-based questions

Question 1. All of us know that nothing is ours permanently, so why do we suffer so much to have more and more?
Answer: It’s true that nothing is truly ours since we must eventually part from everything on earth. But because it’s in human nature, people constantly want more money, fame, education, beauty, and sometimes even turn to crime. We are unable to distance ourselves from such things. The earth would be a far nicer place to live if we gave up our need for ever-more. To obtain something, people wouldn’t go to great lengths.

 

NCERT Solution for Class 09 English Beehive Poem – A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

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