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• How does the poet imagine her to be, after death? Does he think of her as a person living in a very happy state (a ‘heaven’)? Or does he see her now as a part of nature? In which lines of the poem do you find your answer?
• “A slumber did my spirit seal,” says the poet. That is, a deep sleep ‘closed off’ his soul (or mind). How does the poet react to his loved one’s death? Does he feel bitter grief? Or does he feel a great peace?
• The poet finds the snake beautiful. Find the words he uses to convey its beauty.
• Can a "simple jab of the knife" kill a tree? Why not?
• Let’s look at the words at the end of the second and fourth lines, viz., ‘snows’ and ‘clothes’, true’ and ‘you’, ‘below’ and ‘know’. We find that ‘snows’ rhymes with ‘clothes’, ‘true’ rhymes with ‘you’ and ‘below’ rhymes with ‘know’. Find more such rhyming words.
• What is a legend? Why is this poem called a legend?
• What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
• Have you seen anybody winnow grain at home or in a paddy field? What is the word in your language for winnowing? What do people use for winnowing? (Give the words in your language, if you know them.)
• Do you like rain? What do you do when it rains steadily or heavily as described in the poem?
• What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?