A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

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Level One - Beginner

What is the speaker's state of mind in the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

Restless

Sleepy

Alert

Anxious

What caused the speaker's spirit to be sealed in a slumber?

Nature's influence

Memories of a loved one

An illness

Tiring physical labor

What is the speaker's feeling towards the slumber in the poem?

Fearful

Nostalgic

Peaceful

Bored

What is the rhyme scheme used in the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

ABCB

ABAB

AAAA

ABBA

What is the tone of the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

Joyful

Neutral

Nostalgic

Peaceful

Who/what is the subject the speaker addresses in the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

A loved one

Nature

The reader

The speaker's spirit

What is the central theme of the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

Love

Death

Serenity

Memories

Who wrote the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

William Blake

John Keats

William Wordsworth

In what type of form is the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" written?

Sonnet

Ballad

Ode

Elegy

What is the mood of the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

Tranquil

Tense

Energetic

Melancholic

What is the poetic techniques used by the poet to enhance the idea of silence associated with his oblivion.

Alliteration

Personification

Sibilance

Anastrophe

What is the significance of the use of the word "seal" in the title of the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

It represents the speaker's emotional state

It symbolizes the finality of the speaker's emotional state

It represents the permanence of the speaker's emotional state

It symbolizes the ephemerality of the speaker's emotional state

How does the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" reflect the Romantic era's views on emotion and feeling?

It portrays emotions and feelings as hindrances to the imagination

It portrays emotions and feelings as necessary components of the human experience

It portrays emotions and feelings as sources of chaos and disorder

It portrays emotions and feelings as sources of inspiration

What is the role of the slumber in the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

It represents the speaker's physical state

It symbolizes the speaker's emotional state

It represents the speaker's spiritual state

It symbolizes the speaker's mental state

How does the speaker's relationship with nature change throughout the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

It becomes stronger

It becomes weaker

It remains unchanged

It becomes more tumultuous

What role does the speaker's spirit play in the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"?

It symbolizes the speaker's innermost thoughts and feelings

It represents the speaker's connection to nature

It represents the speaker's connection to their loved one

It symbolizes the speaker's connection to their childhood memories

How does the use of imagery in the poem "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" contribute to its meaning?

It provides vivid descriptions of the speaker's emotional state

It adds an element of surrealism to the poem

It detracts from the poem's overall message

It provides the reader with a sense of detachment from the speaker's experience

What are the two possible interpretations of "she" in the line "She seemed a thing that could not feel..."

A loved one/ Lucy

Lucy/ Narrator's self

Slumber/ spirit

Spirit/ a loved one

How does the poet heightens the overall pathos associated with the poem?

By using assonance

By using euphony

By using negative ideas

By using paradoxes

How would you describe the line "she neither hears nor sees" to an old woman?

"She" is blind and deaf

"She" is dead

"She" is meditating

This line can not be explained to an old woman

William Wordsworth can be described as:

A carrot

An escapist poet

One of the founders of romantic poetry

I am a vegetable

The unity of the subject of the poem with nature is:

A vague ending to the poem

A defamiliarization of death

A romantic ideology that goes beyond the Christian doctrine

I am a vegetable

The overall poem is short:

Because Wordsworth was in a hurry to finish it as his wife wanted him to go shopping

Because Wordsworth wants to regenerate his necessity in the reader's mind - for the subject of the poem to exist

Because it indicates the idea of transience

I am a vegetable

Even though a loved one is dead, the reader can not see any exaggerated pathos in the narrative style:

Because untimely death was a common tragedy in the 18th century England

Because the poet wants to coverup his affection for the loved one

Because the narrator comes to terms with the absence of the loved one because she does not die, but unites with nature

I am a vegetable

Which line contains a paradox

She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthly years.

She neither hears nor sees; Rolled round earth's diurnal course...

Everything is a lie

I am a vegetable

What literary device is found in the line, "A slumber did my spirit seal;"

Anthropomorphism

Hendiadys

Epiphora

None of the available answers

I am a vegetable

Why does the narrator use euphemisms to indicate the idea of death in the poem?

Because the subject rather unites with nature than dying (according to the narrator)

Because no one actually dies in the poem

Because the narrator is not ready to accept the death of the loved one

I am a vegetable

The poet indicates the idea of death by using,

Punctuation marks

Anthropomorphisms

Consonant sounds

I am a vegetable

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