This PowerPoint Presentation on the poem "The Solitary Reaper" by William Wordsworth is one of my favourite poems for Wordsworth's great sense of love towards nature and aesthetic beauty. I have been teaching this poem along with some other Wordsworthian poems for my B.A. Degree students and External English Course (BUSL/EEC/Programme) students for the last 7 years or so. I certainly enjoy teaching Wordsworth poetry as I am a great fan of this great romantic poet. Rev. Nivitigala Sumitta Thero (sumitta2012@gmail.com; +94-714428905). I shall be highly obliged if you send me your feedbacks on this slideshow.

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2. Born on 7th April 1770
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Died on 23rd April 1850
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7. REAPING & SINGING BY HERSELF
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10. Stanza Two
No Nightingale did ever chaunt
More welcome notes to weary bands
Of travelers 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
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15. 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 listen'd, 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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21. "It was harvest time, and the fields
were quietly -- might I be allowed to
say pensively? -- enlivened by small
companies of reapers. It is not
uncommon in the more lonely parts
of the Highlands to see a single
person so employed."
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22. "This Poem was suggested by
a beautiful sentence in a MS
Tour in Scotland written by a
Friend, the last line being
taken from it verbatim."
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23. "Passed a Female who was reaping alone: she
sung in Erse as she bended over her sickle; the
sweetest human voice I ever heard: her strains
were tenderly melancholy, and felt delicious,
long after they were heard no more"
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24. • Come prepared for a speech on
“Wordsworth as a nature lover”
(3 minutes)
• Write an appreciation on the poem
“The Solitary Reaper”
By William Wordsworth
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25. May the Triple Gem
Bless
to all of you…!!!
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