The Solitary reaper.... By William wordsworth.....

The Solitary Reaper
By William Wordsworth
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 thrilling 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 listened, 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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In this poem the poet tells us the story of a lovely Highland Girl, who is working in a filed and singing a song. He is deeply impressed by her song and remembers the melody of her song even after he has left the place. He cannot understand the language of the song but the sad beauty of her voice goes straight to his heart. The atmosphere of the poem and the song of the girl as a part of the beauty of Nature leave a lasting impression on the mind of the poet.

Annalysis....
“The Solitary Reaper” is a short lyrical ballad, composed of thirty-two lines and divided into four stanzas. As the title suggests, the poem is dominated by one main figure, a Highland girl standing alone in a field harvesting grain. The poem is written in the first person and can be classified as a pastoral, or a literary work describing a scene from country life. The eyewitness narration conveys the immediacy of personal experience, giving the reader the impression that the poet did not merely imagine the scene but actually lived it. However, Wordsworth’s sister, Dorothy, writes in her Recollections of a Tour in Scotland that the idea for “The Solitary Reaper” was suggested to William by an excerpt from Thomas Wilkinson’s Tour in Scotland.

The poet orders the listener to listen carefully the solitary girl reaping and singing in a field. He says that anyone passing by should either stop here, or gently pass so as not to disturb her. As she cuts and binds the grain she sings a sad song, and the valley is filled with the beautiful, sad sound. The speaker says that the sound is more welcome than any song of the nightingale to tired travellers in the desert, and that the cuckoo-bird in spring never sang with a voice so thrilling. The song of cuckoo bird breaks the silence of the sea.

The poet asks, “Will anyone tell me what she sings?” He thinks that her song might be about some old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago, or that it might be about some relatives who lost their lives, or a simple song about matter of today.
Whatever she sings about, he says, he listened motionless and still, and as he travelled up the hill, he carried her song with him in his heart long after he could no longer hear it.
The song of the girl is present in the heart of the poet forever.


Reference ....
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45554/the-solitary-reaper