<P> "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 account two dead siblings as part of the family . </P> <P> 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 . 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: </P>

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