"She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways" is a poem written by William Wordsworth. Analysing the title, it's possibile to understand that the poet is going to talk about a lady who, for misterious reasons, lives far from cities and from the society, in a place which is hardly to reach.
The words used in the title are ancient and they don't belong to the everyday language.
Looking at the layout of the text, it's possibile to notice that it is a poem but not a song and it's composed of two parts: the first is shorter than the second.
After reading the poem, the subject and the setting of the scene are known. The lady is a young girl who lives near the springs of the Dove river, in Scotland. So it's a beautiful landscape, an exotic place where to live. At the end of the second verse, the reader must stop because of the comma. Nobody loves her and nobody praises her, so is necessarily to go on with reading to discover why she isn't loved. The colon makes the reader understand the second part is explanatory of the first.
This second part begins with a metaphor, in which the lady is comparised to a violet half hidden by a stone. There is the first exclamation mark, which underlines the poet's emotional partecipation. The poet goes on comparising her to the only star in the sky. These are ways to describe lady's character.Then the poet unveils her name but he says she's dead and he underlines that, even if she was unknown, he also loved her.
The meaning of the poem is linked to the two rethorical figures. Comparising her to a violet, which is a small and delicate flower, which is not noticed because it is hidden by a stone, the poet wants to explain her simple and reserved disposition. The flower here represents a person, so there is a strong relationship between man and nature.

With the simile the poet explains she's beautiful as the only star in the sky: she leads him, she's his landmark, something precious for him, even if the others can't see this. There's another relation between the girl and the star: young woman's name is Lucy, which means "giving light", so she lights poet life. When she's dead, he was one of the few people who really missed her and this death is a big change in his life. It's important to notice the poet doesn't use the word "death" in the poem, but he says "ceased to be": he uses a verb of perception and no action to underline the importance of existence.
The poem ends with his regret because of her death and because only few people had known and enjoyed a wonderful person as her.
The ryme scheme ABAB is a choice to underline the message of the poem in an immediate way.
The description of the violet is not like a star and they are on the opposite. The violet is considered in the view of the people: the lady is not considered and unknown. On the other side, the star is considered in the view of the poet: she's precious and he really appreciates her qualities and her disposition. The message the poet wants to give is: if a person cares only to show off his beauty, the others may consider her boring and false, but a beauty which people must discover in a person is more interest and particular and it is always a surprise and a discovery.
Moreover the poem may be considered also a way to remember her and to make people know what she was and her importance. In this way she will be remembered even if no one has known her.