She dwelt among the untrodden ways
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- Created on: 31-05-19 13:54
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- She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
- Purpose
- appreciates splendour through transient images
- surface simplicity of thought vs underlying complexity of feeling
- Content
- Wordsworth described a young, unmarried woman with a mysterious air
- conveys poet's intense feelings
- 'she' is presented as an innocent and pure character, full of life, untouched by the outside world
- Tone
- sombre, solemn
- admiration, beauty, innocence
- main theme is death, described/ grieved for throughout
- Structure
- ballad/ romantic poem
- 3 quatrains of simple language
- Analysis
- Stanza One
- 'she' implies mystery and intrigue
- emphasis on UNtrodden ways
- rural scenery/ obscure setting
- 'springs' =youth, vitality
- 'maid'=girl or virgin
- 'dove'= purity, untouched by outside world
- first line suggests Lucy lived unrevealed and distant
- live somewhere but no longer exist there
- Stanza Two
- Lucy embodies all beauty
- short, everyday words create a powerful poem that emphasises on passionate feelings
- 'violet'= shrinking violet, withdrawn, beautiful yet fragile as violets fade quickly (nature association reinforced'
- 'mossy stone'= gravestone/ death/ mossy= will not be appreciated
- 'half hidden' = unnoticed/ vulnerable
- 'fair as a star'= remoteness, unrivalled splendour, venus, love, light-bearer
- Stanza Three
- 'lived unknown'= elusive figure
- 'few could know where..'= emphasis on world's indifference to her reflected in the unemotional description of her death
- 'and oh, the difference to me!'= poet's acute sense of loss conveyed by unexpected outburst of grief
- rhythm broken= he is broken
- simple, direct language charged with emotion
- Stanza One
- Purpose
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