The solitary reaper summary.... Fill the blanks
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The poet finds a young Highland girl who reaps alone and sings to herself. The poet asks us to listen carefully, because the whole valley is filled with the overflowing sound of her singing. He asks us either to stop and listen to her sad song, or gently pass by so as not to disturb her.
He goes on to say that no nightingale ever sang a more welcome song to bands of tired travellers in the Arabian Desert. The poet asserts that the beauty of the girl's singing exceeds that of the cuckoo's in the springtime. Her singing is also the only thing which breaks the silence of the valley.
The poet tries to understand what the girl is singing about. He is unable to get the words of the song clearly. He thinks that perhaps she is singing about old sorrows or battles fought long ago, or more routine concerns of life or even some loss and pain which she has endured and may endure again.
At the end, he quietly walks away with a feeling that he may never be able to find out the theme of her never-ending song. Nevertheless, he asserts that her singing has captured his imagination so much that he will bore the music in his heart long after it is heard no more.