She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
by
William Wordsworth
(Poem & Summary)
William Wordsworth was a nature worshiper and
a nature painter. He was a major figure in the Romantic Movement. He writes
poems by using character of nature as metaphors. He tries to bring out the
beauty of nature from different aspects.
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
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!
Summary
This
poem is about a girl named Lucy. The poet admires her beauty. The poet says, that the girl is lonely and isolated
but is a divine character who is pure and gentle.
The
poet says, that Lucy is something hidden and neglected by people in general,
but is very beautiful and is untouched. He compares her with a lonely star, all
alone in the sky, which is the brightest of all in the night sky.
In
the last stanza, the poet tells how unknown and hidden her life was from
others, that no one ever noticed her absence. The poet speaks about her death,
and tries to bring a sense of loneliness and emptiness that was left behind. She
is a girl with unspoiled nature, of modesty, and her loss is represented as the
loss of nature. Wordsworth portrays Lucy in the image of nature, and hence her
loss is the loss of the nature.
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