7 Questions
Match the following poetic devices with their examples in the poem:
Metaphor = The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Imagery = The quiet, peaceful lagoon of the last two lines of each verse. Simile = As hard, proud and fierce as a rock in a storm. Personification = Fear no more the frown o’ the great
Match the following emotions with the corresponding lines from the poem:
Peacefulness = Thou hast finished joy and moan Fearlessness = Fear no more the lightning-flash Resignation = All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. Exhilaration = It sweeps me along in the splendid, stormy words
Match the following themes with their representation in the poem:
Mortality = To thee the reed is as the oak Nature = The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Resilience = Care no more to clothe and eat Acceptance = Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone
Match the following emotions with the poet's reaction to his loved one's death:
Bitter grief = How does the poet feel when he thinks about her death? Great peace = How does the poet feel when he thinks about her death?
Match the following descriptions with the poet's imagination of the loved one after death:
Living in a very happy state (a ‘heaven’) = How does he imagine her to be, after death? A part of nature = How does he imagine her to be, after death?
Match the following lines with the idea that time will no longer affect the loved one after death:
‘She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years.’ = Which lines of the poem say this? ‘Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course With rocks and stones and trees.’ = Which lines of the poem say this?
Match the following elements with their representation after death:
Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. = Representation after death ‘No motion has she now, no force— She neither hears nor sees,’ = Representation after death
Explore the emotions and thoughts of the poet in 'A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal' as he reflects on the death of a loved one and imagines her existence after death. Uncover the poet's feelings and perceptions through this analysis of the poem by William Wordsworth.
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