Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Whose side do you think Wordsworth is on? Does he agree with the little girl or with the speaker? How can you tell?
- Do you think that the little girl is naïve? Is she too innocent to understand death? Or is it the speaker who doesn't understand mortality? How can you tell?
- Why do you think that Wordsworth wrote "We are Seven" in the form of a ballad?
- Why do you think that Wordsworth breaks the ballad form in the last stanza? What's the effect of the new rhyme scheme and the extra line?
- Can the living ever really understand the dead? How can we make sense of something that we've never experienced? How do you think the little girl would answer that question?