Short Questions and Answers of the poem,We are Seven

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Short Questions and Answers of the poem We are Seven

We are Seven

-William Wordsworth 

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 1.Who wrote "We are Seven"?

Ans:William Wordsworth wrote "We are Seven".

2.Name the poem and the poet.

Ans :The name of poem is "We are Seven" and the poet is William Wordsworth.

3.How does the child draw its/her beath?

Ans :The child lightly draws its/her breath.

4.Whom did the poet meet?

Ans: The poet met a cottage girl.

5.How was the hair of the girl?

Ans: The hair of the girl was thick with many a curl.

6.How were the eyes of the girl?

Ans:The eyes of the girl were fair, and very fair.

7.What made the poet glad ?

Ans:The girl's beauty made the poet glad.

 8. With whom did the girl live? 

Ans. The girl lived with her mother.

9.Where did the girl live?

Ans:The girl lived with her mother in the churchyard cottage.

10.What does the girl say about her living brothers and sisters? 

Ans:The girl tells the poet that two of her brothers and sisters dwell at Conway and two are gone to sea.

11. Why does the girl say, "We are seven "? 

Ans: The little girl has no idea about death. She believes and feels that her brothers and sisters are still alive. So the girl says that they are seven.

12.How many brothers and sisters did the little maid have?

Ans: The little maid said that they were seven brothers and sisters.

13. Why does the little girl run about?

Ans.The little girl runs about because her limbs are alive.

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The limbs of the little girl are alive, so she runs about.

14. How many brothers and sisters of the little maid lay buried in the churchyard?

Ans :Two of the little maid's siblings- her sister and brother lay buried in the churchyard. 

15.How far were the graves where her brother and sister lay?

Ans: The graves of the brother and sister of the little maid were twelve steps or more from her moth door. 

16.How old was the girl?

Ans : The girl was eight years old.

17. Pick out the expressions that describe the appearance of the gil.

Ans. The expressions that describe the appearance of the girl are 'Woodland air' wildly clad', 'very fair eyes', and 'thick hair with many a curi that clustered round her head" 

18.What did the poet mean by "throwing words away"?

Ans:The little girl was convinced that her brother and sister, who were laid in the graves, were still alive.So when the poet tried to make her understand that they were dead, it was actually "throwing words away".

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