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1. Summarize the action of "The Solitary Reaper."

In "The Solitary Reaper," the speaker recalls a time when he was out walking in the Scottish Highlands. In a valley, he saw a young woman reaping in a field. She sang as she worked, and even though the speaker did not understand its words, he thought the song very beautiful and thought of it long after he had continued on his way.

2. Describe the meter of "The Solitary Reaper."

"The Solitary Reaper" is written for the most part in iambic tetrameter. The fourth line of each stanza, however, is iambic trimeter.

3. Describe the rhyme scheme of "The Solitary Reaper."

The first and fourth stanzas of the poem share the rhyme scheme abcbddee. The second and third stanzas share the rhyme scheme ababccdd.

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