Death has been described and explained in many different ways by many different poets, William Wordsworth and Seamus Heaney being two of them.

... Poetry Coursework. Death has been described and explained in many different ways by many different poets, William Wordsworth and Seamus Heaney being two of them. Wordsworth's romantic poem We are seven is based in the countryside and is about a little girl telling Wordsworth about her family. In the poem, I see love, unity, and identification expressed by Wordsworth. Love is seen in stanza three Her eyes were fair and very fair; Her beauty made me glad. Unity can be seen in stanza eight and fourteen Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the churchyard lie, Beneath the churchyard tree. Together round her grave we played, My brother John and I. Identification is seen in stanza two She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. The simple structure of the poem symbolizes the simple life of the little girl, A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And

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