Scotland
While there are no signs of William Wallace in this poem, it's still all about Scotland. A highland lass? Check. References to the geography of Scotland? Check. Inspired by Wordsworth's tour of Sco...
Farming
The solitary reaper is a… well, reaper, which means she's a farmer. The speaker always tells us what farm work the woman is doing: reaping, bending over her sickle, cutting and binding the shafts...
Singing
Here's a tip: whenever old school poets (like Wordsworth) talk about singing, they're also talking about poetry. That means that all the references to songs in this poem are references to poetry. T...