A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal class 9th

Read the following stanzas and answer the questions based on them :

1. A slumber did ..........earthly years.

Questions:

(i) Write the title of the poem from which the above mentioned stanza is taken. Also tell the name of the poet of the poem. (जिस कविता से उपर्युक्त पद्यांश लिया गया है, उसका शीर्षक लिखें। कविता के कवि का नाम भी बताएँ।)

Ans. The title of the poem from which the above mentioned stanza is taken is 'A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal'. The name of the poet of this poem is William Wordsworth.

(ii) What did 'a slumber' do?

निद्रा क्या करती है?

Ans. A slumber sealed the spirit of the poet.

(iii) What did 'I' not have? ('I' के पास क्या नहीं है?)

Ans. I had no human fears.

(iv) What could she (Lucy) not feel? (वह [लूसी] क्या अनुभूत नहीं कर सकती?)

Ans. She (Lucy) could not feel the touch of earthly years.

2. No motion has............. and trees.

Questions:

(i) 'No motion has she now, no force'. What does this line say?

('अब उसमें न कोई गति है और 7 नता' यह तात नथा कहती है?)

Ans. Lucy has lost the ability of hearing and seeing.

(ii) Who has lost the ability of hearing, and seeing?

(सुनने तथा देखने की क्षमता कौन ग्नो चुका है?)

Ans. This line says that Lucy has died.

(iii) Whose diurnal course is mentioned here?

(किसका दैनिक पथ यहाँ वर्णित है?)

Ans. The earth's diurnal course is mentioned here.

(iv) Which words in the above stanza rhyme together?

(ऊपर के बंद में आपस में तुक मिलाती हैं?)

Ans. In this stanza 'force' rhymes with 'course', and 'sees' rhymes with trees'.