She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways.docx
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RelevantBackground
∙WilliamWordsworthgrewupinEngland’sLakeDistrictandspentmuchofhislifethere.
∙Hisparentsdiedwhilehewasyoung.Thiscausedhimtoturntonatureearly.
∙Hispoetryrevealshisdeeplyspiritualandemotionalresponsetonature.
∙Thispoemisoneofagroupoffivepoemscalled‘TheLucyPoems’.
∙Theidentityof‘Lucy’isamystery.Lucymaybeanimaginary,beautifulwomanwholivedaloneinthecountrysideanddied.
∙LucymayhavebeenDorothy,thepoet’sbelovedsisterandcompanion.Inthatcase,thispoemimaginesthebeautifulandsolitarylifeofDorothywholivedclosetonature.Itdramatisesthepoet’sgriefatherfuturedeath.
∙Inthispoem,WordsworthbothpraisesLucy’sbeautyandmournsherdeath.
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Summary
∙Inthefirststanza,Wordsworthdescribestheisolated,untouchedandbeautifulplacewhereLucylived.Heshowsthatherbeautymainlywentun-noticed.
Inthesecondstanza,hecompareshershybeautytoahiddenflower.Thisshowsherinnocence.Hecomparesherinnocence,alonenessandpuritytoasinglestar.ThisisprobablyVenus,whichappearsaloneaftersunset.
Inthethirdstanza,WordsworthshowsthatLucywasunknownanddiedyoung.HerdeathisacauseofdeeppersonalgrieftoWordsworth.
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∙SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays
WilliamWordsworth[1770-1850]
Thisisoneofthe"Lucypoems,"writtenin1799.The"LucyPoems"describewithrareelusivebeautyofayoungcountrygirllivingasimplelifeinaremotevillagefarfromtheuncivilizedworld.Theyareversesoflove&losswhichholdwithintheirdelicatesimplicityameditationontime&deathwhichrisestouniversalstature.ThepoemisthebestknownofWordsworth'sseriesoffiveworkswhichcomprisehis"Lucy"series,andwasafavoriteamongstearlyreaders.Itwascomposedbothasameditationonhisownfeelingsoflonelinessandloss,andasanodetothebeautyanddignityofanidealizedwomanwholivedunnoticedbyallothersexceptbythepoethimself.
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Themes
∙Loneliness
Lucylivedaloneinaplacethatwas‘untrodden’,ornotsteppedin.Shehadnosupportfromcompanionsorfamily:
‘nonetopraiseandveryfewtolove’.Shewas‘half-hidden’andunique,‘onlyone’likethestar.Shelived‘alone’anddiedwithoutmanyknowing’.
∙Beautyinnature
Wordsworthportraysnature’sbeautyinhisimagery:
‘Theuntroddenways
BesidethespringsofDove’
Lucylivesinaplacewhosenaturalbeautyseemssacred,‘untrodden’.
∙TheEtherealBeautyofaWoman
Wordsworthportraysauniqueandunknownbeautifulwoman.Shewasas‘fair’asastar,probablyVenusthatappearsaftersunset.Shewasasbeautifulasaflower,‘violet’,besideagreenstone,a‘mossystone’.Shedeservedgreatpraiseforherbeauty,butshelivedalone:
‘Amaidwhomtherewerenonetopraise’.
∙UnrequitedLove
Theword‘fair’andtheflowercomparisonreveallove.Thefinallineexpressesthepoet’sfeelingoflossatthedeathofsuchabeautifulwoman.
∙Death;Dyingyoung(Hewhogodslovediesyoung)
ThispoemmournsthedeathofLucy,whohas‘ceasedtobe’.Thepoetpicturesherin‘hergrave’.Heissadandbereaved:
‘oh,thedifferencetome’.
∙Form:
∙Three-stanzalyric,offourlineseachwitheverysecondlinerhyming.Thesimple,repeatedrhymingpatterngivesthepoemanurseryrhymequality.
∙Metaphors:
WordsworthcomparedLucytoa‘violet’andtoa‘star’.
∙Diction:
Thewordsaresimple,familiarwordsofmainlyonesyllable.ThesimplelanguagereflectsthesimplelifeofLucyinthecountry.Heusesoneawkwardphraseforunspoiltnature:
‘theuntroddenways’.
∙Tone:
∙Thereisamysterioustonethroughout.Thewords‘she’and‘Maid’provideasenseofmystery.Thelocation‘untroddenways’indicatesanunknownanduntouchedplace,whichismysterious.Thedescriptioninthesecondstanzahasastrongtoneofadmiration.Thetoneofthefinalstanzaismournful.Wordsworthexpresseshisfeelingsinagentletonethroughout.
∙Atmosphere:
Mysteriousandlonely:
‘half-hidden’,‘unknown’,‘fewcouldknow’.
∙Assonance[vowelonlyrepetition]:
Mostlineshaveoneortworepeatingvowelsounds,likethe‘i’in‘Isshininglikethesky’.Assonancemakesthepoemverymusical.
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