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?
Approach Solution - 1
he poet imagines her to be immersed in the earth. He feels that she has become a part of the earth’s daily course and rolled along with the rocks, stones and trees.
The lines of the poem that we find our answer in are:
“Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course With rocks and stones and trees.”
Approach Solution -2
The poet's contemplation portrays a profound integration of the deceased into nature's essence. He envisions her seamlessly melding with the earth's timeless rhythms, where she becomes an inseparable part of its daily revolution. In this vision, she is not perceived as residing in a distant heavenly abode but rather as an elemental component of the terrestrial realm, rolling along with the earth, rocks, stones, and trees. This imagery evokes a sense of continuity and interconnectedness, suggesting that the poet envisions her eternal presence within the natural world's grand tapestry.
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(ii) the things he sees
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