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3. ROMANTICISM
The romantic period in English literature roughly
extends from second half of the eighteenth century
to the second half of the nineteenth century.
The main characteristics of Romantic poetry:
Poetry is the expression of personal feelings and
emotions.
Imagination is a main source of poetry.
Nature in Romantic poetry is a living thing, a teacher
of man, and a healing power.
The individual is more important than the society.
Some important Romantic poets are William
Wordsworth, Keats, Byron, Shelley, and Coleridge.
5. Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
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Behold: look at
Yon: yonder, over there
Highland: mountainous region in northern Scotland
Lass: girl
Melancholy: sad
Strain: melody or song
Vale profound: broad, deep valley
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7. O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
8. In the first stanza, the poet implores his listener
to stop and look at the girl who is reaping and singing
by herself in the field. The poet asks the listener to
stop here or gently pass so as to not disturb the
smooth flow of the song. As she “cuts and binds the
grain” she “sings a melancholy strain,” and the whole
valley is full of the song. The song sounds to the poet
to be a sad one.
Wordsworth emphasizes the girl’s isolation by
using words such as “single,” “solitary,” “by herself,”
and “alone.” The girl is alone but surrounded by
nature. The act of reaping alone in the field binds the
girl to the earth. Also, as the girl sings and the melody
fills the lonely valley, she becomes almost completely
merged with nature.
9. No Nightingale did ever chaunt
More welcome notes to weary bands 10
Of travellers in some shady haunt,
Among Arabian sands:
* * * *
Nightingale: a small singing bird
Chaunt: chant, sing
Weary: tired
Cuckoo: a brown or grey bird known for its melodious singing
Hebrides: a group of islands to the west and northwest of Scotland
11. A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard
In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,
Breaking the silence of the seas
Among the farthest Hebrides.
* * * *
Thrilling: exciting
Hebrides: an island group off the coast of Scotland
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13. In the second stanza, the poet compares the
woman’s song to sounds of two singing
birds, saying that hers excels those of the
nightingale and the cuckoo. The woman’s sound
is more welcome than any chant of the
nightingale to tired travelers in the Arabian
desert, and that the cuckoo-bird in spring never
sang with a voice so exciting.
14. Will no one tell me what she sings?—
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago:
Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matter of to-day?
Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
That has been, and may be again?
* * * *
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Plaintive: sad, lamenting numbers: musical rhythms
far-off: very old
Humble: simple, commonplace
lay:
song
15. In the third stanza, the speaker is utterly
charmed by the woman’s song, although he cannot
understand the language of the song and so
cannot say what the song is about. The speaker
tries to imagine what the song might be about.
Because it seems sad, he guesses that her song
might be about some “old, unhappy things,” some
past sorrow, pain or loss. Or it may be about some
battles fought by her people long time ago. Or
perhaps, he says, it is a simpler song about some
present sorrow, pain, or loss, a “matter of to-day.”
16. Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang
As if her song could have no ending;
I saw her singing at her work,
And o'er the sickle bending;—
I listened, motionless and still;
And, as I mounted up the hill,
The music in my heart I bore,
Long after it was heard no more.
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* * * *
O’er: over
Sickle: a farming tool with a curved, semicircular
blade, used for cutting
Sickle
17. The poet ends the poem saying that as the
speaker understands that whatever the reaper
sings about, he listened “motionless and still;”
and as he traveled up the hill, he carried her
song with him in his heart long after he could no
longer hear it. The beauty of the song had
touched his heart and lingered in his
mind, giving him joy as he traveled up the hill
and carried her song with him long after he
could no longer hear it.
19. FORM
Stanzas: The poem consists of four eight-line
stanzas. The first sets the scene, the second
offers two bird comparisons, the third wonders
about the content and meaning of the song, and
the fourth describes the lasting effect of the song
on the speaker.
Meter: The poem is written in iambic tetrameter.
Rhyme: The rhyme scheme is ababccdd.
20. IMAGERY
The poem presents a natural scene in which the
reaper is situated in the centre, working alone in
the field. The two middle stanzas take us to
different geographical regions: Arabia and the
farthest Hebrides, where images of wandering
nomads under the scorching sun contrasts with
the sailors anxious to reach the land. For both
groups, the singing birds signal survival and
safety. The auditory imagery also preoccupies the
poem, represented by the reaper’s and birds’
singing.
21. FIGURES OF SPEECH
Metaphor: The poet compares the reaper with the
nightingale and cuckoo respectively. He even claims
that her song is more thrilling and more beautiful
than those of the two birds.
Apostrophe: The poem begins with an apostrophe.
The apostrophe is a figure of speech in which an
imaginary person or thing is addressed as if present
and capable of understanding.
22. THEMES
Imagination:
“The Solitary Reaper” is about the power of the
imagination to transform common, everyday
events into representations of a larger reality.
The unity of Man and Nature:
The poem dramatizes the reaper amongst natural
surroundings as she is bending on the ground
and reaping the grain. The whole valley is filled
with her song, echoing her sound. She is
associated with singing birds.