A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal, by William Wordsworth

In the second half of the romantic era, Wordsworth wrote "Sleep and the mark of my soul" as part of his lyrical folk songs. Although not the original intention, this poem eventually became a series of works called "Lucy poetry". These five poems solved loss, separation, and connection with nature in some way. Recent analyzes have produced interesting results in explaining this poem. Due to the ambiguity of these contents, different interpretations have appeared. As most people think, male speakers are mourning the loss of his love.

"Strange sleep made inscriptions on my soul", Wordsworth mentioned about the loss of a friend. Starting from the beginning of quotation of the above title, a hypnotic effect never been dispelled has been created. This effect is created by strong rhyme, ambiguity, line rhythm. This effect also distracts attention from what the poet actually said to divert Lucy's death message diagonally. Lucy's death seems to have no personal meaning for the poet, as death has been communicated to us in this ambiguous way. On the contrary, Wordsworth does not want us to grieve the death of Lucy.

In Wordsworth's poetry, this effect is achieved through the development of tone and atmosphere. In poetry, "The strange sleep seals my soul" and "The strange passion I know" is not only the greatest concern of Tonnes, but also the theme of poetry is the problem of human loss and morbidity is. "Strange sleep made inscriptions on my soul", Wordsworth mentioned about the loss of a friend. Starting from the beginning of quotation of the above title, a hypnotic effect never been dispelled has been created. This effect is created by strong rhyme, ambiguity, line rhythm. This effect also distracts attention from what the poet actually said to divert Lucy's death message diagonally.