The Cottage

The cottage is where the young girl lives with her mother. It is implied that the cottage is located in Wales, based on the fact that the young girl says two of her siblings have left home to go to Conway, which is a small town on the northern coast of Wales. The cottage is where the speaker meets the young girl. It is situated next to the church-yard where the young girls’ siblings are buried.

The Church-Yard

The church-yard abuts the young girl’s cottage. Inside the church-yard is where the girl’s two dead siblings, Jane and John, are buried, their graves “twelve steps or more” from the cottage door (39). The young girl spends a good amount of time in the church-yard, specifically by her siblings’ grave. Here she knits, sews, sings, and even sometimes eats after the sun has set. The only other defining...