She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways, by William Wordsworth

She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways

William Wordsworth

William words worth was a major English Romantic poet who has contributed to Romanticism in English literature. 'She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways' was written in 1798. This poem is Wordsworth’s best-known work from a series of five texts that form his “Lucy” series. In this series, Wordsworth examines an idealized and unrequited love for Lucy, a girl who has died young. 'She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways' is written about the death of his beloved whose name was 'Lucy'. In the poem, he has expressed his mourning tone as an elegy.

In the poem, the poet describes a graveyard where an amid is kept. She is buried in an area where people rarely stepped in i.e untrodden area beside the Dove River. It is kept beside the springs of the Dove River. There is nobody praising her beauty and virtue in the world. There may be very few or none to love and respect her. Above her grave, there are grown violets and mossy on the stone which is half-hidden. She is really like a shining star in the sky. It is unknown to that entire where has buried, only a few understand about the death of Lucy. She is in the grave. Her death makes difference in the life of the poet.

In the poem, a village girl Lucy had died. She was not popular and liked or loved by many people. But she was like the shingling star for the poet. She was the only lady to whom the poet used to love. Her death makes a great difference in the poet's life. From the final part of the poem, we understand the theme of the poem. So the poem tries to present the mourning tone of sadness in the poem, towards the death of a girl.