We Are Seven, a poem written by William Wordsworth, paints the perfect picture of innocence, in all its forms. It tells of a man who converses with a young girl, asking for information about her family. She, without hesitation or hesitation, replies that she is one of seven children; however, two died. This is ultimately why the man is confused throughout the entire play. I will explore the concept of naivety in Wordsworth's We Are Seven, analyzing the many different aspects of innocence in the young girl and man and contrasting them with the element of experience. This poem embodies a lively and bubbly quality that creates a more inviting atmosphere and evokes certain emotions that tend towards understanding the confusion of both characters. The rhyming and four-line stanzas help draw an innocent point of view from the readers. The description of the young girl is also very naive. The author says: “A simple child… What should he know about death?” Right at the beginning, in the first stanza, he foreshadows the underlying theme of this poem; What does knowing death mean, and does how you interact with it make you innocent or knowledgeable? When the man asks: "Sisters and brothers, servant, / How many are you?", the girl replies: "'How many? Seven in all.'” Then he asks where the rest of the family is and she explains: “'... two of us live in Conway,/ And two have gone to sea./ Two of us lie in the graveyard,/ My sister and my brother.'” With this passage, the reader begins to glimpse his vision of death Regardless that her two brothers are dead, when asked about it she considers them part of her family. She again makes the observation: “'We are seven boys and girls;/ Two of us in the church... in the midst of sheet… the mentality of the situation with the girl. His discussion with her is very cut and dry. An example: “'Run on, my little maiden, / Thy limbs are alive; / If two are laid in the churchyard, / Then you have but five.'" According to him, she should only count the children in her family who are alive because the two deceased could also be inanimate objects due to their inability to interact with her in everyday life. Judging one's quality of innocence or experience can be seen from many different angles. Likewise, the man and the girl in this poem vary in this sense. Naivety cannot be illustrated more perfectly that through the comparison and contrast between an adult and a child; male and female to boot, Wordsworth captures many aspects of both topics and, by expressing them in the form of dialogue, is able to convey them more easily to the reader...
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