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"She dwelt among the untrodden ways" is a poem written by the romantic poet William
Wordsworth. It is diveded into 4 four stanzas each one having 4 lines and there is not a rhyme
scheme. Like most Romantic poems this text deals with the feelings of the poet for
a girl who now is dead. Like the other poem we analyzed the placeis the rendering of
a memento.
The first stanza deals with a short description of the place where the lady was born "she dwelt
among the untrodden ways, besides the springs of Dove" and a implies description of the girl.
In fact there are no charactheristics of the girl but the fact that the lady is not praised or loved induces the reader to think that the girl is not beautiful and she has not got good qualities.
In the second stanza the writer continues the description of the girl with a metaphore "a violet
by a mossy stone half hidden from the eyes". With the two lines the poet may convey the idea that the beauty of the girl can not be visible to all the people but if the people had the chance to see the girl alone everyone wuold surely understand how this girl was beautiful and important.
The last stanza reaffirmes the girl was not famous when she was living and she is not famous is dead "she lived unknown, and few could know". The following two lines are about the moment of Lucy's death and her new home, the grave.
The last line is the most important in the poem.
The phrase "the difference to me" expresses all of the poet's the feelings for the girl. He may also have loved the girl and now that he can no longer see her again he feels her absence. Although humanity does not know the lady maybe she was the most important person for the poet. Only the writer may have understood the secrets of this girl andmay have loved her for what she really was.