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Sep 17, 2023 · Stylistic analysis. The poem is composed of sixteen four-line stanzas, and ends with one five-line stanza. Each stanza has an abab rhyming pattern. Symbolism: In this poem the words “simple girl”, “little cottage girl”, “little maid” are the symbols of childish innocence. The little girl knows that her siblings are dead: ” Two of ...
Wordsworth was a heavy-hitter, and he was into asking all the big questions, especially the questions about the meaning of life and death. "We Are Seven" is one of his most well-known poems, and it delves right into these tough questions.
Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the church-yard lie, Beneath the church-yard tree. You run about, my little Maid, Your limbs they are alive; If two are in the church-yard laid, Then ye are only five. Their graves are green, they may be seen, The little Maid replied,
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She answered, “Seven are we; And two of us at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea. “Two of us in the church-yard lie, My sister and my brother; And, in the church-yard cottage, I. Dwell near them with my mother.”. The narrator is confused and asks her how they can be seven. Calculation of the speaker does not agree with the calculation ...
Wordsworth wrote "We Are Seven" in the form of the ballad, which is one of the oldest forms of poetry. Ballads are often stories told in verse, and "We Are Seven" fits the ballad bill perfectly.
“We Are Seven” is a 1798 poem written by William Wordsworth, published as a part of his collection of poems titled Lyrical Ballads. It consist of 69 lines which are separated in 17 stanzas.
