By:
William Wordsworth
She
dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside
the springs of Dove,
A
Maid whom there were none to praise
And
very few to love:
A
violet by a mossy stone
Half
hidden from the eye!
-Fair
as a star, when only one
Is
shining in the sky.
She
lived unknown, and few could know
When
Lucy ceased to be;
But
she is in her grave, and,
oh,
The
difference to me!
This poem
was written by William
Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was born in 1770 and died in 1850. This poem was written in Germany and published in
1798. In 17 eras there was known as the romantic age. The poem that includes in romantic age tells about sympathy,
dream, and believe in liberty. Those of all have melancholy and lonely tone.
This poem is including into romantic genre. This poem was written using the
ballad form, rhymed abab.
The poem "She Dwelt
among the Untrodden Ways" is unique and quite strange for me. Otherwise,
this poem is so amazing. Although it consists of three short stanzas, it is not
easy to know what things that actually the author says. In my opinion, it is
because literature has more than one perception. This poem tells us about the
girls named Lucy. A whole content of this poem could be called as the representative of Lucy’s growth,
perfection, and death. In this poem, William says that Lucy is a beautiful woman. She’s
like the star in the sky and nature. Besides,
the author says that Lucy was lonely and not important for the others.
Meanwhile, there is the man who really
loves her. It shows with the line in the first
stanza that the men know all the things about Lucy. He admires her it showed in the second stanza. The first two stanzas focus on
Lucy while she is still alive, and the last stanza tells the reader of Lucy's
death and the poet's response to it. In these short stanzas, the poet tells of
his admiration and singular devotion to Lucy and his utter despair over her
death. It is shown in the last line when he says that everything will be changed
(feel not same) without Lucy. Even the man just admires her, but it sounds like
true love when the man doesn’t have another woman. I
think that the purpose of this poem is to send a message about the existence of the individual or someone is
important. So, we should appreciate the presence of others.
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