Thursday, June 21, 2007
We are Seven
There is something that is interesting in the way that children see the world. Many times they see things with a different perspective because of their simple nature. In William Wordsworth's poem "We are Seven," he states, ""But they are dead; those two are dead! Their spirits are in heaven!" 'Twas throwing words away; for still The little Maid would have her will, And said, "Nay, we are seven!"" (201). In this poem, the little girl keeps telling the narrorator that there seven of them, her brothers and sisters, even through two of them are dead. The child acknowledges that they are dead, however unlike most people, she does not seem to consider them not in the group of children. She thinks of them as a brother or a sisteror a sister even though they are no longer in this world. I think that this is very interesting because it is funny how people say we will never forget the ones we lost, but the narrorator does not consider them to be one of her sibilings. However, she does not forget that they are her sibilings just like the ones that are alive. Although we do say that we will never forget the people that we know that will die, it seems that life becomes so busy that many of us do not consider them as still being apart of our world. However, this child seems to actually treat them like any person would like to be treated and keep their memory going on for a long time.
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Robert,
Good synopsis of the poem, and you restate accurately the crux of the poem. I would have liked to have seen more analysis of that central issue, though.
I think that you did a great job in analyzing this poem.IWe never really take the time to view the world through thre eyes of children.
Your analysis of the poem made me really think about things. The child still considered those siblings that had died as part of the family. She remembers her siblings that have died in a special way and still kept their memory with her. They had died, but their memory still lived on. I liked how this poem really showed a child's innocence which I see as a gift. They have not been "corrupted" by the world yet and still have a pure view of the things in the world. Nice post!
Rob,
I like your analysis of the poem. I agree that children often see things differently than adults, which may be positive. They don't have a tainted view of life or experiences to sway their thoughts. Nice post!
rob,
i really enjoyed reading you analysis of "We are Seven" because it made me think about things that in a way that i have not done before. We all say we will never forget the ones we lost but in a sad way we dont remember them like the little girl in this poem does. It shows the innocense of children and their ability to keep the memory of their dead siblings alive in a very real way. Good job rob!
I loved this poem. Nice job with the analysis on perspective. That was a big issue for Wordsworth. I think he had a bit of a struggle with aging and growin up. It is nice to see that innocence from a writer. He uses his own adolescence in other poems to portray the variance in perspective. I think this one reaches out to more people.
Good post on "We are Seven." Looking back on everything that we read, this was actually one of my favorite poems. I liked how it showed the child's innocence in her belief that the dead siblings were still her siblings. I think that the author is telling us that maybe we should think more like children sometimes instead of being so close minded in our ways.
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