In the first stanza, some words or phrases have been used to show that the girl working in the fields is alone. Which are those words and phrases? What effect do they create in the mind of the reader?
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The words and phrases that have been used to show that the girl working in the fields is alone are ‘single in the field’, ‘solitary’, and ‘singing by herself’.
These words and phrases evoke curiosity in the mind of the readers about the girl and her song. Readers become curious to know why the girl is alone in the field and why she is singing a sad song.