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Class 9 English Poem 10 – A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal – All Textual Solutions | ASSEB Assam (English Medium)

Class 9 English Poem 10 – A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal Complete Textual Question Answers and Solutions (ASSEB / SEBA Assam – English Medium)

The tenth and final poem of the Class 9 English (Beehive) syllabus, ‘A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal’, written by the legendary Romantic poet William Wordsworth, is a deeply moving and philosophical elegy. Based on the latest guidelines of the new ASSEB (Assam State School Education Board) syllabus and the New Education Policy (NEP), comprehensive textual question answers for this poem have been carefully prepared. This special compilation includes very short answer type questions (VSA), short questions, Reference to Context (RTC) explanations, and thorough vocabulary solutions. At Ospin Academy, these solutions are made available in a simple, accurate, and completely exam-oriented format.

‘A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal’ is about the death of a loved one (often referred to as one of Wordsworth’s “Lucy poems”). The poet expresses his initial shock, describing how grief put his spirit to sleep, leaving him without any human fears. However, in the second stanza, he finds a strange sense of peace in realizing that his loved one is now immortalized by becoming a part of nature’s daily cycle, rolling along with rocks, stones, and trees. For students preparing for their exams, understanding the poetic devices, the central theme of death and nature, and the emotional transition of the poet is highly essential. In our textual solutions, we have covered not only the textbook exercise questions but also additional important question-answers that may appear in the board exams, ensuring students can prepare thoroughly.

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Chapter 8

On Killing a Tree

Thinking about the Poem

Question 1. Can a “simple jab of the knife” kill a tree? Why not?

Answer: No, a simple jab of the knife cannot kill a tree because the tree grows with a lot of nutrients and resources. Even if one cuts it, it will sprout again.

Question 2. How has the tree grown to its full size? List the words suggestive of its life and activity.

Answer: The tree has grown to its full size by consuming the earth, feeding upon its crust, absorbing years of sunlight, air and water.

The words suggestive of its life and activity are: absorbing, feeding, rising, consuming and sprouting.

Question 3. What is the meaning of “bleeding bark”? What makes it bleed?

Answer: The “bleeding bark” indicates the idea that the tree has been cut. Just like humans bleed blood when they get wounded, trees release a liquid at the place where they are cut. So, the tree bleeds.

Question 4. The poet says “No” in the beginning of the third stanza. What does he mean by this?

Answer: The poet says “No” in the beginning of the third stanza. It emphasizes that only cutting or chopping the tree will not cease its existence.

Question 5. What is the meaning of “anchoring earth” and “earth cave”?

Answer: The “anchoring earth” means that the earth works as an anchor to protect the tree and saves it from getting uprooted.

“Earth cave” implies the depth of the mother earth where the tree spreads its roots and gets nurtured.

Question 6. What does he mean by “the strength of the tree exposed”?

Answer: He means to say that when one tries to pull out the tree along with its roots which are spread deep inside the earth, one will understand the strength of the tree.

Question 7. What finally kills the tree?

Answer: When the tree is pulled out along with its roots and separated from mother earth, one has to subject it to the scorching sun and let it wither. This will finally kill the tree.