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The Solitary Reaper
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04/02/2021 4:58 pm
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:
‘Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary highland lass !
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here or gently pass!’
(a) Why does a speaker ask to stop or gently pass?
(b) To whom does the poet say ‘stop here or gently pass’!
(c) What does ‘behold her’ mean?
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04/02/2021 4:59 pm
(a) The speaker says so lest the girl should be disturbed and stop singing.
(b) To the passers-by
(c) look at her