Wordsworth Poem | Solitary Reaper | feeling description | Facexor

Question: How does Wordsworth describe the song of the 'Solitary Reaper'? What does he feel when he hears the song?

Answer: The song of the solitary reaper had a melancholy tune. Her song seemed to overflow the deep valley where she was working. It was more welcome than the song of a nightingale heard by some tired travelers in the Arabian Desert. It was more thrilling than the song of a cuckoo among the lonely islands of the Hebrides in spring.

The girl sang in the Gaelic language. The poet did not know that language. So he wanted to know the theme of the song. From the sad note of the song, he guessed that it was about some sad incidents of the past or the present. The poet was greatly impressed by the song. He listened to it motionlessly. He remembered the tune long after he had left the scene.