THE SOLITARY REAPER BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

The music in ---------- heard no more.

REFERENCE

(i) Poem: The Solitary Reaper

(ii) Poet: William Wordsworth

CONTEXT

(i) Occurrence: Lines 31-32/32

(ii) Content: In this poem the poet praises the song of a highland girl, singing and reaping in a valley of Scottish mountains. He thinks her voice more melodious than that of the nightingale and the cuckoo. Thus he saves her song in his memories to enjoy it ever-afterwards.

EXPLANATION

     In these lines the poet says that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. The melodious voice of the song of "The Solitary Reaper" just like the charming beauty of the scene of "Daffodils", left an everlasting impact on the heart and mind of the poet. Though the poet does not listen the sweet voice of this soprano again in reality yet he has saved it in his mind as a retrievable memory. This memory has become a permanent source of spiritual pleasure and tranquility for the poet ever-afterwards.

Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, 

Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail.

                                                              (Samuel Roger)
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