ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"We are Seven” is a poem written by William Wordsworth in 1798 and published in his Lyrical Ballads.

Detailed explanation-2: -"We are Seven” is a poem written by William Wordsworth and published in his Lyrical Ballads. It describes a discussion between an adult poetic speaker and a “little cottage girl” about the number of brothers and sisters who dwell with her.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indeed, the speaker of “We Are Seven” debates a young girl who believes that her two deceased siblings should be counted among her family members, staging a battle between and emotion and logic that is typical of Romantic concerns.

Detailed explanation-4: -(d) Why does the girl say, “We are seven” ? Because she doesn’t understand the meaning of death and she cannot differentiate dead from alive, that’s why she counted seven instead of five.