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A slumber did my spirit seal-I had no human fears.She seemed a thing that could not feelThe touch of earthly years.No motion has she now, no force –She neither hears nor sees,Rolled round in earth’s diurnal courseWith rocks and stones and trees.Questions :(1) What kind of poem is this?(2) ‘She seemed a thing’ what do these words suggest?(3) Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line :‘She neither hears nor sees.’ |
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Answer» (1) This poem is an ‘elegy’ written on the death of the poet’s beloved. (2) This words suggest that the poet’s beloved has died and now she is a thing, i.e., an inanimate object. (3) The Figure of Speech in the line – ‘She neither hears nor sees’ is Litotes. With two negative words, it is emphasised that she is no more a living human being. |
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