Reading the title, my expectations about the poem are that it deals with a woman who is solitary. "The Untrodden Ways" mean a place where nobody ever goes. There is another interesting element in the title: the verb "Dwelt" is in the Simple Past Tense. It may mean that the woman is no more alone.

In the first paragraph the poet introduces her as a woman who lived near Dove. He also says that she had no-one who could praise her or love her.

In the second part of the poem the writer compares the lady to a hidden violet, and to a unique star shining in the sky.

In the last part the poet regrets her loneliness and, in the two last lines, her death, saying "she is in her grave". In the last line he expresses his missing of her company.

Actually, the reader cannot understand the lady has already died until the last lines, and this fact is the reason why the poet uses the Simple Past Tense.

Right from the title the reader is curious to understand the reason why the lady lives lonely. She seems to have no family, neither friends. However the poet knows her and maybe he loves her too. Indeed in the last stanza there is a sigh "oh" which means that he misses her.

In addition to this the poet has put two metaphors in the second paragraph: the violet and the star are symbols of beauty and pleasant things.