The central idea of the poem ‘The Solitary Reaper’ is__________.

(i) well sung songs give us happiness

(ii) melodious sounds appeal to all

(iii) beautiful experience give us life-long pleasure

(iv) reapers can sing like birds

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(iii) beautiful experience give us life-long pleasure

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The poet's lament in the poem 'The Solitary Reaper' is that __________

(i) he cannot understand the song

(ii) he did not know the lass

(iii) she stopped singing at once

(iv) he had to move away

The Solitary Reaper is a narrative poem set to music. This form of verse is called a__________.

(i) ballad

(ii) soliloquy

(iii) monologue

(iv) sonnet

In the poem ‘The Solitary Reaper’ to whom does the poet say ‘Stop here or gently pass’?

(i) to the people cutting corn

(ii) to himself

(iii) to the people who make noise

(iv) to all the passers by

In the sixth line of the first Stanza, we read:

“... and sings a melancholy strain...”

This “s” sound at the beginning of sings and strain has been repeated. Poets often do this. Do you know why? Do you know what this “poetic repetition” is called? Can you find instances of this in The Solitary Reaper?

In the sixth line of the first stanza, we read:

“… and sings a melancholy strain, …”

This “s” sound at the beginning of sings and strain has been repeated. Poets often do this. Do you know why? Do you know what this “poetic repetition” is called? Can you find other instances of this, in The Solitary Reaper?

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The central idea of the poem ‘The Solitary Reaper’ is__________. (i) well sung songs give us happiness (ii) melodious sounds appeal to all (iii) beautiful experience give us life-long pleasure (iv) reapers can sing like birds

(iii) beautiful experience give us life-long pleasure

The central idea of the poem ‘The Solitary Reaper’ is__________.

(i) well sung songs give us happiness

(ii) melodious sounds appeal to all

(iii) beautiful experience give us life-long pleasure

(iv) reapers can sing like birds