THE SOLITARY REAPER Flashcards

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In “The Solitary Reaper”, Wordsworth describes in the…person how he is amazed and moved by a ….who sings as she …in a solitary field.

A

first,
Scottish Highlands girl,
reaps grain

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“The music in my heart I bore,

Long after it was heard no more” are the….two lines in The Solitary Reaper. They express…..

A

final,

the soothing effect of beautiful memories on human thoughts and feelings

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Romantic age and Enlightenment age are quite opposite because …

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Romantic age emphasized emotion while Enlightenment emphasized reason and rationalism

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The common topics of English Romanticism are…

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Nature and ordinary people

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William Wordsworth is a … of the … age. He maintained that poetry should be written in …

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Poet- Romantic- more ordinary language and simpler form so that all classes might appreciate it

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“ The solitary reaper” is one of the best known works by.., whose great theme is…

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William Wordsworth- the world of simple, natural things, in the countryside or among people

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Setting:

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Time: during the harvest time
Place: on the field in Scotland, located in the valley surrounded by hills on a highland.

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“ The solitary reaper” is one of the best known works by.., who…

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William Wordsworth- grew up in a rustic society and spent a great deal of time playing outdoors, in what he would remember as a pure communication with nature

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“ The solitary reaper” is a picture of words. The picture refers to…

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physical and spiritual beauty of the girl

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In “ The solitary reaper” Wordsworth is impressed by …

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the natural landscape and the ordinary working people

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The possible topics of the reaper girl’s song in “ The solitary reaper”, are …

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far-off battles and natural sorrow, pain or loss

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In “ The solitary reaper” the poet compares the voice of the reaper with…

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Any chant of the nightingale to weany travellers

( the voice of two birds : nightingale and cuckoo bird

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In “ The solitary reaper”, Wordsworth describes chiefly the …. of the highland lass

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Finest qualities of mind and character

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The literary technique used in “ Whate’en the theme the Maiden sang - As if her song could have no ending” is…..because….

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hyperbole

it emphatically makes the point that the maiden was singing so passionately and with pleasure

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