Analysis of the poem "She Dwelt Among the Untrotten Ways"

The text is a lyric written by the romantic poet William Wordsworth. The reader, after reading the title, is led to ask himself who "she" is refered to and why this woman lives alone.
The text is made of two part. The first one introduces the main character, a maid who lived near the springs of Dove, faraway from other people. This young lady, moreover, wasn't praised by anyone and she was loved by very few people. The rhythm of this part is speeded up by the use of enjambement but a comma forces the reader to stop and to focus on the word Dove, and therefore on Scotland landscape. This expedient increases the reader involvment in the exotic atmosphere of the setting .
The second part is more long since it is an explanation of the first. The poet compares the lady to a violet near a stone almost totally hidden and to a fair star which is the one to shine in the sky.
Only few people knew about Lucy's(this was her name) death because she lived isolated, but for the poet this event was a great sorrow. The metaphor of the violet is used to indicate the lady couln't be easily seen and also to describe her shyness and reserveness. The concept is reinforced with the alliteration of the "h" and of the "s". The simile of the star, on the other hand, highlights her beautyfulness and preciousness and shows that the lady was a reference point for the poet. The dot marks the end of the lady's description and the begining of a part about her death. With the previous description the reader understands the lady wasn't loved and praised because few people knew her and her fairness. This is also the reason why few knew of her death, expressed by the poet with a perception verb in order to reinforce the idea. This fact, on the contrary, was significant for the poet because he knew her and he loved her qualities; he also regreted because only few people could see her rarity.
The poet wants to tell the preciousness lie in somebody unknown rather than in a person which is famous and want to be protagonist. The rarity, indeed, increases a person's value. People's character, besides, may be influenced, negatively or positively, by the landscape in which they live.