Williams Wordsforth
She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! —Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me! This poem is about a man noticing the beauty of someone he likes. He uses the stars t tell how beautiful she is. In the poem a lot of sound is noticed, rhyme especially. This poem is in an ABAB, CDCD, EFEF format.This helps keep the rhythm going and makes it pleasing to read. The poem flows from line to line as if it were a song. In this poem there is slant rhyme as well as end rhyme. The poet uses the word one and stone in stanza 2. These word don't completely rhyme, but they are similar in sound. This is why these words are considered slant rhyme. All of the other ending words at each line are end rhyme. This poem varies in meters. Iambic tetrameter, and iambic trimeter are present in this poem. "And very few to love." This is an example of Iambic trimeter. The other lines are Iambic tetrameters. The meter and rhyme scheme of this poem and the meters keeps the rhythm and makes the poem very interesting.
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Three Years She Grew BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTHThree years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown; This Child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. "Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse: and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain. "She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild with glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs; And hers shall be the breathing balm, And hers the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things. "The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy. "The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face. "And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height, Her virgin bosom swell; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this happy dell." Thus Nature spake—The work was done-- How soon my Lucy's race was run! She died, and left to me This heath, this calm and quiet scene; The memory of what has been, And never more will be. This poem by William Wordsforth is mainly about nature being personified. The first stanza discusses how nature thinks Lucy is the most beautiful person in the world and how it would like Lucy to be hers. In the next few stanzas nature also continues to talk about Lucy. Nature is basically saying how it wants to make Lucy a part of nature herself. The tone of this poem is basically happy. Admiring Lucy seems to make nature happy, and that is basically what this entire poem is about. It is as if nature wants to dedicate its life to her. In the very last stanza, nature say how she has fulfilled her promise. Lucy grew up and became a women, and eventually died. This is how Lucy became one with nature. In the end Nature is happy with itself.
The Tables Turned BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun above the mountain's head, A freshening lustre mellow Through all the long green fields has spread, His first sweet evening yellow. Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless-- Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed by cheerfulness. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:-- We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up those barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. In this poem Wordsworth is trying to be an influence on his friend. The poem states, "Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double". This makes it obvious that the speaker is trying to persuade his friend to do something. The speaker not only persuades his friend in this poem, but he does it while using some techniques in his writing. One of them is symbolism. Symbolism is used throughout this entire poem. In this poem the speaker uses light as a symbol to contrast nature's reason to that of a books. Light is literally something that helps people see. In lines 15-16 the poem states, "Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher". This means nature will help you help you see things better and bring you better experiences compared to a book. This poem also has an element of irony though. Woodsworth tells his friend to throw away his books and just experience things on his own, but it is obvious Woodsworth doesn't truly believe that. This is due to the fact that he wrote this poem, knowing someone would read it. It is ironic that he would tell somebody to stop reading a book although Woodsworth writes texts for people to read.
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