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We Are Seven

"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. The poem turns on the question of whether to count two dead siblings as part of the family.
==Background==
Wordsworth claimed that the idea for ''We are Seven'' came to him while travelling alone across England in October 1793 after becoming separated from his friend, William Calvert. This solitude with nature he claimed encouraged him to reach a deeper understanding where the experience was no longer just for pleasure, as it was in his earlier days, but also hinted at a darker side.〔Moorman 1968 p. 232〕 Immersed in these feelings, Wordsworth came to Goodrich Castle and met a little girl who would serve as the model for the little girl in ''We are Seven''. Although there is no documentation on what the little girl actually told him during their conversation, she interested Wordsworth to such an extent that he wrote:〔Moorman 1968 p. 237〕
I have only to add that in the spring of 1841 I revisited Goodrich Castle, not having seen that part of the Wye since I met the little Girl there in 1793. It would have given me greater pleasure to have found in the neighbouring hamlet traces of one who had interested me so much; but it was impossible, as unfortunately I did not even know her name.〔Wordsworth 1907 p. 293〕

Wordsworth began to write the poem in early 1798 while working on many other poems modelled on the ballad form for a joint poetry collection with Samuel Coleridge. The collection was proposed in March because Wordsworth needed to raise money for a proposed journey to Germany with Coleridge. These poems were included in ''Lyrical Ballads and A Few Other Poems'' with a few written by Coleridge.〔Moorman 1968 pp. 369–371〕 Wordsworth describes the moment of finishing the poem:
My friends will not deem it too trifling to relate that while walking to and fro I composed the last stanza first, having begun with the last line. When it was all but finished, I came in and recited it to Mr. Coleridge and my Sister, and said, 'A prefatory stanza must be added, and I should sit down to our little tea-meal with greater pleasure if my task were finished.' I mentioned in substance what I wished to be expressed, and Coleridge immediately threw off the stanza thus:-
:'A little child, dear brother Jim,' —
I objected to the rhyme, 'dear brother Jim,' as being ludicrous, but we all enjoyed the joke of hitching-in our friend, James T —'s name, who was familiarly called Jim. He was brother of the dramatist, and this reminds me of an anecdote which it may be worth while here to notice. The said Jem got a sight of the Lyrical Ballads as it was going through the press at Bristol, during which time I was residing in that city. One evening he came to me with a grave face, and said, 'Wordsworth, I have seen the volume that Coleridge and you are about to publish. There is one poem in it which I earnestly entrate you will cancel, for, if published, it will make you ever lastingly ridiculous.' I answered that I felt much obliged by the interest he took in my good name as a writer, and begged to know what was the unfortunate piece he alluded to. He said, 'It is called "We are seven."' Nay! said I, that shall take its chance, however, and he left me in despair.〔

The collection, including ''We are Seven'', was accepted by Joseph Cottle in May 1798 and was soon after published anonymously.〔Moorman 1968 pp. 372–373〕 In 1820, the poem was republished as a broadside and titled "The Little Maid and the Gentleman".〔Bateson 1954 p. 49〕
Some guidebooks and locals in the city of Conwy, Wales, claim Wordsworth was inspired to write the poem after seeing a gravestone in St Mary and All Saints Church; this gravestone is marked "We are Seven."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St Mary and All Saints Church, Conwy )

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