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ARezzano - She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways
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She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways
In considering the title dwelt and untrodden are unusual because are two archaic words. Untrodden is an archaic form for unknown, while dwelt for to live. Maybe this text deals about a woman who lived a long time ago in an unknown place.
The text, in considering the layout, is divided in 3 stanzas of 4 lines (quatrains); it is a ballad: popular form of poetry because it is addressed to the common people it uses a simple language.
In the first stanza there is a speaking voice who says that a lady live in a distant place near spring of Dove (a river in Scotland). The Maid was not praise because no one know it.
The function of the first quatrain is to introduce the girl, where she live, and to introduce her from an external point of view.
In the second stanza the poet compares the girl to a violet who live among stones hidden by the mossy and as a result you could hardly see her. In the same stanza the poet give a judgement and tells the reader that she was very nice looking and that she remainded a star. The poet gives additional information: he says that her beauty was similar to the beauty of a star when only one was shining in the sky. This means she was precious. The function of the second stanza is to give the reader a very positive idea of the girl through the expression of her personality, of her strong point that made of her a rare creature.
In the third stanza the speaking voice tells the reader that very few people knew her and therefore only a few people had the opportunity to meet her. It follows that when she die, Lucy (this is the name of the girl) and now she is buried in her grave and this makes a great difference for the poet. In this stanza the intelligent reader understand the speaking voice have a very positive opinion about Lucy and he misses her because he can feel the difference now.
The first stanza is introductory, the second developed Lucy's personality and the third is about the relationship between the speaking voice and the girl.
The poem is organized mostly in alternative rhime. The rhythm is given by the alternation of open and close vowels which strengthens the collocation of the girls who is hidden.
In the first and the second line there are two run on line. The use of assonance create a eco effect.
The first stanza ends with a colon.
To drow the reader attention the writer reveals the name of the girl only at the end of the poem.
In considering the title dwelt and untrodden are unusual because are two archaic words. Untrodden is an archaic form for unknown, while dwelt for to live. Maybe this text deals about a woman who lived a long time ago in an unknown place.
The text, in considering the layout, is divided in 3 stanzas of 4 lines (quatrains); it is a ballad: popular form of poetry because it is addressed to the common people it uses a simple language.
In the first stanza there is a speaking voice who says that a lady live in a distant place near spring of Dove (a river in Scotland). The Maid was not praise because no one know it.
The function of the first quatrain is to introduce the girl, where she live, and to introduce her from an external point of view.
In the second stanza the poet compares the girl to a violet who live among stones hidden by the mossy and as a result you could hardly see her. In the same stanza the poet give a judgement and tells the reader that she was very nice looking and that she remainded a star. The poet gives additional information: he says that her beauty was similar to the beauty of a star when only one was shining in the sky. This means she was precious. The function of the second stanza is to give the reader a very positive idea of the girl through the expression of her personality, of her strong point that made of her a rare creature.
In the third stanza the speaking voice tells the reader that very few people knew her and therefore only a few people had the opportunity to meet her. It follows that when she die, Lucy (this is the name of the girl) and now she is buried in her grave and this makes a great difference for the poet. In this stanza the intelligent reader understand the speaking voice have a very positive opinion about Lucy and he misses her because he can feel the difference now.
The first stanza is introductory, the second developed Lucy's personality and the third is about the relationship between the speaking voice and the girl.
The poem is organized mostly in alternative rhime. The rhythm is given by the alternation of open and close vowels which strengthens the collocation of the girls who is hidden.
In the first and the second line there are two run on line. The use of assonance create a eco effect.
The first stanza ends with a colon.
To drow the reader attention the writer reveals the name of the girl only at the end of the poem.