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        <title><![CDATA[The basic premise of the poem underscores much of the Romantic...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The basic premise of the poem underscores much of the Romantic movement.  The speaker, presumably Wordsworth, is wandering out in the open and pastoral countryside.  His journey is interrupted by the vision of a woman working in a field, reaping stalks of grain.  She is singing a song in another language as she works.  The speaker hears the song and it mentally transports him to another world, one that allows him to envision worlds far...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[what happen during the poem in solitary reaper]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[what happen during the poem in solitary reaper]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:50:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The poem is made up of four stanzas. In the first stanza, Wordsworth...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The poem is made up of four stanzas. In the first stanza, Wordsworth sets the scene for the readers. He asks us to observe the Highland girl busily reaping the ripe grain  and singing to herself. He asks us to pause and listen to the song which fills the entire valley,or quietly leave the place without disturbing her.
In the second stanza, Wordsworth tells us that  her beautiful song was more  refreshing than  the melodious song of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:11:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Suggested paraphrase ideas for the poem The Solitary Reaper by William...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Suggested paraphrase ideas for the poem The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth
Look at her, all alone,
Girl from the Highland mountains of Scotland,
Harvesting the grain.
 
Pass by quietly, or stop altogether for a moment
So as not to disturb her -
See how she cuts and ties the stalks
Singing her sorrowful song.
Just listen - the whole deep valley
Overflows with the music.
 
Not even the beautiful Nightingale bird
Sang such cheering music...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:45:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Please paraphrase the poem "The Solitary Reaper."]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Please paraphrase the poem "The Solitary Reaper."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:48:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The most memorable experience in Wordsworth's poem is the song of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The most memorable experience in Wordsworth's poem is the song of the solitary reaper.  The speaker, presumably Wordsworth, is wandering and is stopped in his path with the sight of the woman in the field.  She is alone and while this vision is something to behold, it is the moment the speaker hears her song where the true experience of the moment is felt.  The speaker does not know what the song is about, nor does he understand anything...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:11:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["The Solitary Reaper" describes a memorable experience of WILLIAM...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA["The Solitary Reaper" describes a memorable experience of WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.Describe it in 80 words]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:23:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[explain"or is it some more humble lay,
familiar matter of the day?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/solitary-reaper/q-and-a/explain-some-more-humble-lay-familiar-matter-day-104589</link>
        <description><![CDATA[explain"or is it some more humble lay,
familiar matter of the day?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:45:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The song in Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper" is the portal through...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/solitary-reaper/q-and-a/what-song-compared-101411</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The song in Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper" is the portal through which the speaker's thoughts are able to engage in a spirit of wonderment.  The speaker, presumably Wordsworth, lacks the understanding of the song, but understands that the song inspires a great amount of comparisons in his mind.  One such comparison is the idea that the song is reminiscent of travellers in Arabia, or a song sung by the bird which can be heard to the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:26:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To what is the song compared?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To what is the song compared?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:16:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ 
The poem is made up of four stanzas. In the first stanza, Wordsworth...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ 
The poem is made up of four stanzas. In the first stanza, Wordsworth sets the scene for the readers. He asks us to observe the Highland girl busily reaping the ripe grain  and singing to herself. He asks us to pause and listen to the song which fills the entire valley,or quietly leave the place without disturbing her.
In the second stanza, Wordsworth tells us that  her beautiful song was more  refreshing than  the melodious song...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:52:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The speaker does not understand the song being sung in "The Solitary...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The speaker does not understand the song being sung in "The Solitary Reaper."  The exact words of the song might not be as important as the emotions and feelings the songs trigger inside the mind of the speaker.  The third stanza initiates a great deal of speculative thought as to what the song could mean, as opposed to what it does mean.  The speaker uses the song to start his own sense of imagination about the nature of what could be as...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:46:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The speaker does not understand the language of the song in "The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The speaker does not understand the language of the song in "The Solitary Reaper." Does it really matter?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:54:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The connection to the natural world is one critical concern that is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The connection to the natural world is one critical concern that is addressed in Wordsworth's poem of "The Solitary Reaper."  The speaker, presumably Wordsworth, comes across the maiden in the field.  She is alone, without others, and the action of her harvesting the gain with her sickle creates an image that unites her with the natural world.  This is further enhanced with the song she sings, whose lyrics are not understood, but whose...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:41:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the central concern of the Romantics that can be seen in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the central concern of the Romantics that can be seen in the poem "The Solitary Reaper"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 5 Sep 2009 10:36:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The poem is made up of four stanzas. In the first stanza, Wordsworth...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/solitary-reaper/q-and-a/3-what-were-conjectures-wordsworth-he-listened-95257</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The poem is made up of four stanzas. In the first stanza, Wordsworth sets the scene for the readers. He asks us to observe the Highland girl busily reaping the ripe grain  and singing to herself. He asks us to pause and listen to the song which fills the entire valley,or quietly leave the place without disturbing her.
In the second stanza, Wordsworth tells us that  her beautiful song was more  refreshing than  the melodious song of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:00:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As the speaker in Wordsworth's poem "The Solitary Reaper" hears the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the speaker in Wordsworth's poem "The Solitary Reaper" hears the song, there is much that allows for conjecture and a sense of wonderment to emerge.  The speaker does not know the what the song means, but this lack of literal comprehension allows for a greater development of symbolic understanding of the song which is put forth by a series of images.  One such image is the idea of that the melody of the song heard in the present can...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:31:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What were the conjectures of Wordsworth as he listened to the song and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/solitary-reaper/q-and-a/3-what-were-conjectures-wordsworth-he-listened-95257</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What were the conjectures of Wordsworth as he listened to the song and wondered about?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:02:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The invocation of the "Arabian Sands" helps to contribute the mystery...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The invocation of the "Arabian Sands" helps to contribute the mystery and distinctive nature of the song that the reaper sings.  The poet uses the idea when the speaker is describing of what the song reminds him and how the speaker's imagination is triggered with the notes struck in the song.  The idea of travelling in a desert, filled with sand, seeking to escape the desert's wind and heat in a small tent is contrasted with a song sung by a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 05:05:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The girl in the field represents a great deal to the speaker.  The fact...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The girl in the field represents a great deal to the speaker.  The fact that she is working with the land, cutting grain, almost makes her a part of the earth.  It cannot be overlooked that it is a young girl ("Maiden" is used to describe her) who is working in tandem with the land, almost representing a mother Earth type of symbol.  She is an extension of the earth, and when she begins to sing, she represents a sense of "oneness" and unity...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:56:34 PST</pubDate>
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