"She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways" Analysis

She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:

A violet by a mosy tone
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!

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Thank you for the analysis people but stop repeating everything the last one says, because one may become intrigued of finding something more speceific or original, but it ends up to be the same you read just before! xoxo.

| Posted on 2009-09-12 | by a guest

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| Posted on 2009-08-16 | by a guest

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this poem is about lucy who was known by only few people

| Posted on 2009-08-16 | by a guest

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"She dwelt among the untrodden ways" is a three-stanza poem written by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth in 1798 when he was 28 years old. The verse was first printed in Lyrical Ballads, 1800, a volume of Wordsworth's and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poems that marked a climacteric in the English Romantic movement. The poem is the best known of Wordsworth's series of five works which comprise his "Lucy" series, and was a favourite amongst early readers. It was composed both as a meditation on his own feelings of loneliness and loss, and as an ode to the beauty and dignity of an idealised woman who lived unnoticed by all others except by the poet himself. The title line implies Lucy lived unknown and remote, both physically and intellectually. The poet's subject's isolated sensitivity expresses a characteristic aspect of Romantic expectations of the human, and especially of the poet's, condition.
According to the literary critic Kenneth Ober, the poem describes the "growth, perfection, and death" of Lucy. Whether Wordsworth has declared his love for her is left ambivalent, and even whether she had been aware of the poet's affection is unsaid. However the poet's feelings remain unrequited, and his final verse reveals that the subject of his affections has died alone. Lucy's "untrodden ways" are symbolic to the poet of both her physical isolation and the unknown details of her mind and life. In the poem, Wordsworth is concerned not so much with his observation of Lucy, but with his experience when reflecting on her passing.

| Posted on 2009-05-18 | by a guest

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i think the poem is about someones undying love for another person yet the writer is to shy to say anything about his feelings. Lucy is an innocent character due to here isolation as a 'Maid'. the "spring of white doves" symbolises her purity as she has obviously had no lovers. She believes that living as a maid noone will see her or ever love her hence being "half hiddden" but the author has obviously fallen in love. when lucy dies and is gone from the authors life, the author has now no reason to exist as he does. he is grieving and even though she thought she wouldnt make a difference to anyones life the author has noticed.

| Posted on 2009-04-21 | by a guest

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As "she dwelt among the untrodden ways", Morris reveals her living conditions of isolation away from the society. As Morris describes Lucy as a "maid", it shows his little knowledge of her life as the information given from this word is limited, however, it can also emphasize the difficulty of getting to know Lucy considering her life style.

| Posted on 2009-04-16 | by a guest

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The poem is about a woman who lives in solitude. "untrodden" means ways that no one knows of, as if Lucy did not exist. "Half-hidden" gives us the notion that Lucy might be hidden from most people but Wordsworth's passion as a romantic makes it obvious that he is the only one who can see her true beauty.

| Posted on 2009-03-30 | by a guest

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Geez, please correct!
THIS IS AN ELEGY. NOT A NARRATIVE POEM, you dumbass.
It's about a girl who look like everybody. The poet love her (or admired). He noticed her out of everyone else. But she died so he is sad. I DON'T KNOW IF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH IS REALLY THE GUY IN THE POEM OR NOT SO STOP POSTING COMMENTS.
THE END OF POSTING
ANY ONE WHO POST AFTER ME IS A D*G AND A B*TCH!

| Posted on 2009-03-25 | by a guest

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the poem 'she dwelt among the untrodden ways' is a narrative poem.In the poem the poet describes about a girl called Lucy,lived solitude and far away from city.she has non to talk with.'fair as a star...'describes her beauty.
the poet has used metaphor;'A violet by a mossy stone',simile;'Fair as a star',to beautify this piece of art. In addition he has used a simple language.

| Posted on 2009-02-08 | by a guest

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I really enjoyed this parody by Caroly Wells. It contrasts this poem with:
I never saw a purple cow
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow
I'd rather see than be one.
SHE dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dee;
A Cow whom there were few to praise
And very few to see.
A violet by a mossy stone
Greeting the smiling East
Is not so purple, I must own,
As that erratic beast.
She lived unknown, that Cow, and so
I never chanced to see;
But if I had to be one, oh,
The difference to me!
Carolyn Wells

| Posted on 2009-01-15 | by a guest

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William Wordsworth was talking about a girl who lives by herself away from others. Wordsworth reveals his affection towards her when he writes "a violet by a mosy stone, half hidden from the eye!" If one simply glanced at a huge rock, one would not have spotted the beautiful violet. You have to pay attention to detail in order to see the beauty of the violet. Others did not take notice of her as Wordsworth did, (3rd stanza) he was very upset when she died because he admired her.

| Posted on 2009-01-14 | by a guest

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The poem is about a man who watches and admires a girl called, Lucy from a distance without Lucys knowledge. lucy lives in solitude and away from hman company. the poem is narrated in first person, this enhances our understanding of the poem because we are able to see directly into the writers mind and see better his opinions and feelings.
in the first stanza the poet describes in detail the untouched and isolated place in which lucy lives. her innocence is also explored, the spring of dove symbolises her purity.
the poet uses contrast and illustrative verbs in describing the girl who is so dear to him.
'violet by a mossy stone'is a contrast which heightens the beauty of the violet(lucy).

| Posted on 2008-12-20 | by a guest

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Lucy seems to be a very shy, introvert 'maid' who prefers to live alone where not many are around. but in the end, it seems like her character of being shy, lonely and a maid has dies because maybe she has married someone, which is why the author mourns

| Posted on 2008-11-16 | by a guest

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Why are you guys doing this I asked for a valid explanation or analysis of the poem not if lucy is an alien or not

| Posted on 2008-11-11 | by a guest

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I stumbled across this site while looking for some information on William Wordsworth and I just wanted to let you know that most of your interpretations are wrong.
When you talk about a poem you can almost never say things like "the author feels". In most poems it's not the author, but the "lyrical I".

| Posted on 2008-10-26 | by a guest

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hey loser below me; if ur paying out on us for reading poetry why the hell are you on the sight anyway??
peoples whole lives depend on poetry sometimes and other just have to study it for school. William Wordsworths can express his deep and personal feelings and i would say that is a whole lot more then you can do!!
thank you and that is all i have to say...

| Posted on 2008-10-19 | by a guest

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This poem is a trash only a stupid thing in which the poet reflects his STUPID OPINION of a stupid thing All of you who read poems are jackass

| Posted on 2008-10-12 | by a guest

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She dwelt among the untrodden ways. means she lived far back where noone often ventured. she as alone and didnt know very many people but the author loved her and thought she was beautiful. he said so "a violet by a mossy stone half hidden from the eye!-fair as a star,when onmly one is shining in the sky." it means that when you see a mossy stone you tend to not care and just look away. but you look away so quickly you miss the beautiy of the violet right next to it. half hiddden. meaning, that the author thoguht she was beatiful but she was half hidden from the world. so she was never thought of as beautful.

| Posted on 2008-09-26 | by a guest

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She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Way is a poem in which Willam Wordsworth expresses his love for a girl that was not noticed by anyone but him.

| Posted on 2008-09-26 | by a guest

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i dont know if anyone noticed...but in line 5 it's stone not "tone"...

| Posted on 2008-09-19 | by a guest

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To the neophyte analyzer who believes that Lucy is not dead and, instead, has just come of age--your thoughts are what we "in-the-know" call a "stretch." Why not write of Lucy being a space alien who has morphed into a prion?

| Posted on 2008-07-30 | by a guest

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She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Put it this way, Lucy is the poets love and she suddenly dies. He describes the importance of this woman throughout his life by using simple language which is full of emotions. He describes Luvy as venus, "fair as a star when only one stants out" since Venu stands out, she is the godess of beauty.

| Posted on 2008-06-03 | by a guest

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This poem is about the transition from childhood (untrodden ways: young non-conformist reclusiver perhaps, has no fully developed character - goes her own way)she is unknown to men (Maid - Viotlet - humble meek timid) to woman hood (puberty). Lucy is a timid humble but not unattractive girl who comes of age - hence the "maid" lucy "dies" - and then developes a relationship with the writer - hence what a difference to me! she's no longer a shrinking violet (timid girl) she's a woman.

| Posted on 2008-05-24 | by a guest

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lucy is a shy, you, unmarried woman who, unfortuantely has paseed away. However, no one has really noticed that expect for one man (i hope!)- the narrator of the poem.
She dwelt among the untrodden ways, the untrodden ways being a cemetry (or perhaps even afterlife), where she is alone and isolated.
She was a vioet, beautiful, shy, unique and modest. However, she was half hidden from the eye - you could only see all of that (all of her beauty) from a certain angle.

| Posted on 2008-05-16 | by a guest

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I think that Lucy the maid in the poem represents the environment and at the end of the poem the environment has disappeared in our brains "ceased to be" not actually dead, so civilization and modern ways of life killed the care of nature in peoples mind.

| Posted on 2008-05-01 | by a guest

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I believe that when the poet say, "Half hidden from the eye," he means that her beauty and uniqueness can be seen from an angle. That is why it is "half" hidden.

| Posted on 2008-04-24 | by a guest

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she dwelt among the untrodden ways means, she was walking into wilderness, an unknown place in life with iscolation.
a violet by a mossy stone- she is so beautiful but people havent seen or wanted to see her beauty, half hidden from the eye. now that she is dead in her grave the suthor misses her so and just wishes he was able to tell her how much he loved her. it emphasizes love, loss and longing

| Posted on 2008-03-07 | by a guest

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She dwelt among the untrodden ways was shown to us by our english teacher. For me the poem is about a girl named lucy who passed away. She dwelt among the untrodden ways means she is in a cemetery, alone and isolated, she is dead but for the speaker she remains alive and still beautiful in his eyes...

| Posted on 2008-02-25 | by a guest

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"She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways" The "untrodden ways" in my opinion is a metaphor for being alone or in isolation from human society. It could also mean in light of the next stanza that she never had a lover. She was maid with none to praise and very few to love means that she never has a lover or very few of them and thus was a virgin and died that way. "A violet by a mossy tone Half hidden from the eye!" means she was beautiful but none could appreciate just how beautifu

| Posted on 2008-01-21 | by a guest

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the speaker seems to be in love with a woman who has gone unnoticed by all others, but him
lucy is a child of nature, a loner, unmarried ( a fair maiden), very few people knew her. But there is also the fact that she might be happy living this way, in isolation, she decided her how she wanted to live and was pleased with the decision she made.

She is also unique, beautiful and shy. She is there for people to see "violet by a mossy stone, half hidden from the eye" but she is shy, so people choose to ignore her. The violet which gives a very modest, shy feeling through the use of words such as "half hidden" and "unknown."

"Fair as a star when only one is shinning in the sky."
She is special in the writer's eyes, she is visable for everyone to see but people don't understand her, they choose to ignore her and leave her in isolation.

There is a significant shift right before the last line of the poem. It is here that emotion is first expressed by the writer. The long "oh" carries all of the emotion of the poem, only at this point the emotion is grief. She lived unknown and died unknown, her death didn't make a difference in anyone's life.. except for one person, who is the writer. It made a huge difference in his life.
He lost his love, and does not see that point in continuing. His life seems pointless now that Lucy is gone


| Posted on 2007-11-17 | by a guest

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She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
In the poem “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”, the speaker seems to be in love with a woman who has gone unnoticed by all others, but him. Unfortunately, she dies by the end of the poem. The speaker talks of a lady, Lucy, that he is madly in love with and in the end marries another. The speaker talks of where his lady ‘dwelt’, her beauty, and her ‘death’.
Lucy, the speaker’s love, is said to dwell among the ‘untrodden ways’, seemingly, this means she either lives down, or travels down, the road less traversed. Untrodden ways could also refer to unknown areas of her life, such as whether she is, or was married, or if she is being courted. “She lived unknown…” (9) this line gives the reader the idea that not one soul knew where she lived, except for the speaker. However, we discover later that this means the she is with another man. “She dwelt among the untrodden ways” (1) Lucy’s life was a mystery, and the speaker does not discover that she is being courted by another until the second stanza. “A violet hidden by a mossy stone” (5), the violet refers to Lucy. The speaker does so for the reason that he believes her to be beautiful. This ‘other man’ is referred to as the mossy stone, moss tends to have a slimy feeling to it, this could mean that the speaker looks upon this man as ‘slime’? The speaker looks upon this ‘other man’ as slime because he has the woman he, the speaker, wants.
The speaker’s description of his ‘love’ is quite charming. He describes her as “A violet by a mossy stone”, showing that this woman is, in his eyes, beautiful. The line, “Half hidden from the eye!” (6) shows that she could still be seen, if one looked. “Fair as a star, when only one/is shining in the sky.” (7-8) the speaker obviously looks upon Lucy as if she were the most beautiful person in the world, and she is the only one he sees. Now to only understand whether he did anything about his affections for her, or not is another story. He tells us of her beauty, but did he tell her, if he did, then the feelings must not have been returned, because in the end, she marries another.
Lucy’s death seems to be unknown, except, of course, by the speaker. “She lived unknown, and few could know/when Lucy ceased to be;/but she is in her grave, and, oh, the difference to me!” (9-11) the speaker seems to be depressed, and probably lonely. He lost his love, and does not see that point in continuing. His life seems pointless now that Lucy is gone. But one must ponder whether it was her death, or her marriage that he is mourning. If she has wed another man, would it not seem as if she is dead? He can still look upon her, but he would be looking not upon a maid, but a married woman.
The speaker expresses his love fro Lucy, talks of her beauty, and mourns her ‘death’. All throughout the poem he shows great love for her, and in the end, mourns the loss of her.


| Posted on 2007-05-02 | by a guest

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the poem is not from the point of view of a human, too cold of an emotional reaction to death. lucy lives in the wilderness somewhere away from civilization. the 6 or so references to the fact that she is alone are enough to back this up. most likely the speaker is the voice of something that was dependant upon lucy for one reason or another, such as a flower she used to water, hence the profound effect her death has on their life, yet no emotion is displayed.
jwh

| Posted on 2007-04-25 | by a guest

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lucy is a child of nature, a loner, unmarried ( a fair maiden), very few people knew her. But there is also the fact that she might be happy living this way, in isolation, she decided her how she wanted to live and was pleased with the decision she made.

She is also unique, beautiful and shy. She is there for people to see "violet by a mossy stone, half hidden from the eye" but she is shy, so people choose to ignore her.

"Fair as a star when only one is shinning in the sky."
She is special in the writer's eyes, she is visable for everyone to see but people don't understand her, they choose to ignore her and leave her in isolation.

She lived unknown and died unknown, her death didn't make a difference in anyone's life.. except for one person, who is the writer. It made a huge difference in his life.



| Posted on 2007-03-14 | by a guest

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This poem is about one girl with two different sides. The one of the violet is the side that the outside world see her as if they did not always turn their heads. The other is a star which seems to exist for the writer to give the girl out of place or unexpected complements such as "fair" and "shinning." On lines seven and eight it is indicated that she is the only one in in her lover's eyes with no rivals. The two symbols seem to balance themselves out. The violet which gives a very modest, shy feeling through the use of words such as "half hidden" and "unknown." At the same time in her lover's eyes she is the single star, dominating his world, not haughtily as the sun but more sweet and modest, like a star. At the end of the poem it is discovered that the woman had passed away but because the world never takes the time to notice her, its life is not affected. There is a significant shift right before the last line of the poem. It is here that emotion is first expressed by the writer. The long "oh" carries all of the emotion of the poem, only at this point the emotion is grief.

| Posted on 2006-06-01 | by Approved Guest

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This poem is about one girl with two different sides. The one of the violet is the side that the outside world see her as if they did not always turn their heads. The other is a star which seems to exist for the writer to give the girl out of place or unexpected complements such as "fair" and "shinning." On lines seven and eight it is indicated that she is the only one in in her lover's eyes with no rivals. The two symbols seem to balance themselves out. The violet which gives a very modest, shy feeling through the use of words such as "half hidden" and "unknown." At the same time in her lover's eyes she is the single star, dominating his world, not haughtily as the sun but more sweet and modest, like a star. At the end of the poem it is discovered that the woman had passed away but because the world never takes the time to notice her, its life is not affected. There is a significant shift right before the last line of the poem. It is here that emotion is first expressed by the writer. The long "oh" carries all of the emotion of the poem, only at this point the emotion is grief.

| Posted on 2005-05-20 | by Approved Guest