The Solitary reaper
Themes
Themes
• Solitude
• Harmony with nature
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Solitude
• Wordsworth, in particular and romantics in
general, believed in the idea that one
could find the entire world by looking at
just one grain of sand. One needed time
by oneself away from the hustle of people
for introspection and self appreciation.
Romantics liken solitude to the infinent.
Solitude in “The Solitary Reaper”
• The title itself is evidence of the theme
being present in the poem.
• The words “single’, “solitary”, “by herself”
and “alone” appear in the first six lines of
the first stanza.
Harmony with nature
• The romantics believed that if you loved
nature then you loved humanity.
• You were able to create spiritual values
out of the memory of sights and sounds
present in nature.
Harmony with nature in “The
Solitary Reaper”