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Solitary Reaper
Let's read another poem. You can also listen to the poem being read out loud.
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. No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands: A voice so shrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. 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? 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 listen'd, 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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Task 9:
Print the poem. Take out pens, pencils and markers in different colours. Indicate:
Task 10:
Use the notes you made for task 9 to write a review of about 1/2 A4 page. These questions may help you decide what to write about:
Print the poem. Take out pens, pencils and markers in different colours. Indicate:
- words related to feelings
- different subjects that are typical for the Romantics
- elements that are typical of the writing of Romantic poets
- things that stand out to you
Task 10:
Use the notes you made for task 9 to write a review of about 1/2 A4 page. These questions may help you decide what to write about:
- What do you think about this poem? Why?
- What feelings does it evoke?
- What does it remind you of?
- What does it mean according to you?
- How does it relate to the times of the Romantics? (see historical background)
- What new elements can you point out? (see New writing).