Analysis for she dwelt among the untrodden ways.

She dwelt among the untrodden ways is a perfect representation of a

romantic poem. The poem associates a girl and her qualities with
nature. Untrodden literally means not having been walked on so this
immediately shows the fact that “She” was distant and “dwelt” is past
tense which tell us that she was there and later on in the poem we are
told what happens to her.
The first stanza describes the area in which “She” lived. This rural
scenery is described as, an idealized beautiful place. From the first
line, the poet refers to her as “She”, his loved one. She “dwelt”,
meaning that she lived there in the past. Although this rural scenery is
described as a diversified and rare place by using the phrase “Beside
the springs of Dove”, “A Maid whom there were none to praise”
shows that “She” was alone and there was no one to praise her or to
love her. The first line, also serves as the title of the poem, and
suggests that “She” lived both physically and spiritually unrevealed
and distant.
In the second stanza the poet compares the beauty of nature to the
girls’ grace. The phrases “A violet by a mossy stone”. The phrase
“Half-hidden from the eye” shows that since she lives among the
untrodden ways there is no one to appreciate her beauty. The poet
uses straight forward language which creates meaningful and
powerful poetry.

In the third stanza which is the last one the name of “She” is revealed
as “Lucy. The poet talks about her being lonely and distant. The poem
follows a cyclic pattern as it repeats the fact that “Lucy” is distant and
unknown. Moreover, this cyclic pattern is also related to the concept
of life and death because in the first stanza she is alive, whereas in the
last stanza the poet reveals her death. Lucy’s death is expressed with
great sadness: “But she is in her grave, and, oh”. The poet’s love’s
intensity towards Lucy is also revealed in this stanza as he states “oh!
The difference to me”. This “difference” functions powerfully as it
establishes a dramatic ending for the poem. Throughout the poem, the
poet focuses on his experience and how Lucy affected him rather than
her personality.