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amirhamza
amirhamza
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High School - 9th Grade

What different images does "The Song of Solitary Reaper" create in the reader's mind?

its a poem by william wordsworth

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Posted by amirhamza on Monday October 6, 2008 at 9:57 AM and tagged with images, the solitary reaper.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

    The first image is of the Scottish girl herself, singing in the fields as she works:

    "BEHOLD her, single in the field,

     Yon solitary Highland Lass!

    Reaping and singing by herself;"


    This is contrasted with brief images of what she is not—the nightingale, desert travelers, etc. The final image is of the narrator watching her work and speculating about her. This makes the narrator wonder about the past, history, etc. ,but more abstractly than in images.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/solitary-reaper-salem

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    Posted by gbeatty on Wednesday October 8, 2008 at 6:31 PM