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What is the topic of each stanza of "The Solitary Reaper"? How does the stanza structure help develop a major theme of the poem?

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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Hello!! The answer on plato is:

Each stanza provides a slightly different perspective of the woman reaping and singing in a field. The first sets the scene: a rustic vale, or valley, filled with the woman's voice. The second stanza compares her song to that of a cuckoo bird and a nightingale. Each bird is associated with a distant location—the Arabian sands and the "farthest" Hebrides. In the third stanza, the speaker wonders what the words of the song might be: Are they epic or personal? Are they about battles or the repeated sorrows of life? The last stanza describes how the reaper's song affected the speaker. He says the song will "have no ending" because it will stay in his memory.

This stanza structure helps express the theme of the natural beauty of a country woman's song, which is as good as or better than that of songbirds. Because he can't understand the words, the speaker listens to them in much the same way as he'd listen to a bird's song. As a field-worker, the woman also represents the value of someone whose art has developed without training. This quality echoes Wordsworth's belief in poetry that is accessible to people of all classes.

Answer:

First answer is right

Explanation:

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