Interpreting 'A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal'

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

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

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

<p>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?</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>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?</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>‘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?</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>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</p> Signup and view all the answers