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What does the repeated reference to ‘sleep’ in the poem imply? |
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Answer» ‘Sleep’ in the poem operates at two levels – natural sleep and death. The hoary grass and winter suggest death. But the narrator does not know if the death will be renewed by spring in a few months or if everything will stay buried under mindless snow for all eternity. In other words, the speaker doesn’t know whether his life is coming to an end or whether it is the usual weariness of physical work. |
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