She Dwelt Amon the Untrodden Ways

The personal intention to write an argumentative text follows the need to provide a possible reason for William Wordsworth decision to write She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways.

Indeed I would like to explain why in my opinion the poet composed such lines and exactlybecause he was fascinatedby Lucy for some reasons that are not explicitly made clear in the text.

One cannot deny that the mysterious reason that explains for the poet composition is only hinted in line twelve were the intelligent reader understands that Lucy is death implies a relevant differencein William Wordsworth life.

The very first name of the maid conveys a positive illuminated visual image and it follows that the choice of such proper name made surely being significant in the economy of the text. The name adds an identity to the character and is intelligently placed in the last quatrain. The choice is meant to leave the reader with the curiosity about the young lady up to the end of the poem and as a result the reader is offer a need/ reason to go on reading.                                                                                                                               If you like analysing literature text he/she cannot help reminding Romeo’s words: “What’s in the name?” the name is the person since whenever you think of somebody you generally associate the person/character to a specific proper name or in colloquial language to a nickname.

Analysing the first quatrain the intelligent reader can notice some particular aspects. Firstly, the first line coincides with the title and therefore the poem belongs to a collection. Moreover, in the second line the poet informs the intelligent reader about the location of the maid using the term Dove, a Scottish river. In addition, the lines three and four recall the attention of the reader on the qualities of the Maid, in particular the poet underlines she is a humble person and not easy to spot amongst others.

Considering the second quatrain, on the first and second lines the intelligent reader can note an unusual metaphor: the maid is compared to a violet, half hidden from the eye by a mossy stone. This is an interesting comparison that highlights the no-egocentricity of the maid and underlines her  wiliness. I think that these lines are focused on two qualities of the maid that are contraposed: one is her clearness, the purity that makes the maid unique, the other is her wiliness that hides the maid from the unsuitable eyes.

In addition Her uniqueness is reaffirmed by the simile on the third line of the second quatrain. The simile draws a comparison between the maid and a star when is shining (alone) in the sky.

Finally, in the last quatrain the poet reveals the name of the maid that is strictly related to the poem’s meaning. As mentioning before, the name Lucy is not a casualty and it reflects the values of her personality.

To conclude, I believe that the intelligent reader can easily understand the intent of the poet: he aims to report the importance of people around us and whom we often do not appreciate properly.