We Are Seven 'And The Thorn'

The roles of women have been looked past for several centuries. During the romantic era this was an ongoing issue. Women had specific regulations and if they weren't followed, women were belittled and compared to men. Even today, we still see some hints of gender inequality and discrimination. However, this has slowly been improving. In both of the poems “We are Seven” and “The Thorn” the reader is able to see how women were judged based on society's definition of them. Throughout the years, we have seen women being discriminated and compared to men. It really opens up my eyes to see how far women have come to stand up for their rights and use their voice to speak what they believe in.
In the work “We are Seven,” by William Wordsworth a man
Without thinking they label them as crazy, stupid, or they belittle them. We see this happening in the poem The Thorn. The villagers around the local area are interested to the whereabouts of her infant; some say it was hung, others say she suffocated it in a lake, however nobody even knows whether the infant was conceived alive. Be that as it may, the villagers trust the infant is covered underneath the reasonable greenery that laid on top of the mountain. Martha sits on the peak beside the pathetic thistle and the expected grave of the infant and consistently cries. One inquisitive and valiant man climbed the mountain to discover Martha sitting on the ground shouting out, “Oh misery! Oh misery!” Martha Ray is labeled as crazy because of the fact that she had an intention of marrying a man who eventually left her for another woman and she ended up pregnant. “And they fixed the wedding day/... But Stephen to another Maid/ Had sworn another oath/ ...She was with child, and she was mad” (Wordsworth, 285). Without knowing Martha’s actual story, people judged her and would talk about her, which made Martha feel miserable about her situation. I think that people are not entitled to judge a person unless they know the real story of what really happened or they were present in the situation.
In the poem “The Thorn,” it begins by introducing a “poor thorn.” The thorn is located on the hilltop and
Women were not allowed an education and their duties remained in the inside the house. We can see how women were thought of as “uneducated” in both poems. In “ We are Seven, ” William Wordsworth emphasized that the girl was young to show that women are uneducated and act like children when it comes to important topics “a small cottage girl”. Women have come a long way, from being uneducated, to running for president of the United States. As a woman myself, I can most definitely see that women’s mentalities have come a long way. Women should not be ashamed of what they do and/or their gender. Instead of degrading ourselves, we should encourage each other and build ourselves