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2. •
William Wordsworth born April 7, 1770 and
died April 23 1850.
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He was a European poet whose work always
contains aspects of nature. His love for nature
and the view of nature as freedom, which he
often presents in his poems, was deepened
after a major change occurred in his years of
adolescence, the death of his parents.
3. •
He expresses his love for nature in his poems
by juxtaposing it with humanity.
•
“LUCY GRAY” is a perfect example of his
writing style.
4. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
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Lucy gray is form of lyrical poetry as it
expresses thoughts and feelings of the poet
specifically the poem is a ballad as it relates a
folk tale, the tale of Lucy Gray.
•
The poet uses lyrical ballad as to enable the
free flow of his feelings in a controlled or
formal setting.
•
The story like structure makes the poem
simple and also reinforces that lucy was only a
child when she died.
5. •
The title of the poem Lucy Gray or “solitude”
is very significant as it directly relates to the
subject.
•
Lucy is the name of the child character that is
created to undergo the transition from a
human being to a spirit that is free to roam in
nature.
•
The repetition of the word Lucy is used to
remind the reader that the poem’s purpose is
to give recognition to the little girl whose life
6. •
GRAY represents Lucy’s mood and state of
mind. Gray is neither black nor white but a
color in between. The color symbolizes Lucy’s
isolation from companionship and her inability
to full enjoy nature which was her source of
freedom.
7. •
No mate, no comrade, Lucy knew… LINE 5
•
This line expresses Lucy’s state of loneliness or
solitude and also represents information that Lucy
was a child.
•
“To night will be a stormy night.. Line 3
•
The sky was getting dark because of the impending
storm.
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“an yonder is the moon” ….line 20
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This line reinforces the state of the sky and dimness
of light”
8. •
Lucy Gray comprises of 16 stanza’s of
quatrains, each quatrains follows the rhyme
scheme of “ab ab”. The rhyme helps to lighten
the mood and the tone of the poem.
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“Oft had I heard of Lucy Gray
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and when I cross the wild” ..line 1,2
•
The use of I suggests that the poet is some
how connected to his subjects or his
character, Lucy Gray.
9. •
“The sweetest things that ever green… line 7
•
He admires her he believes her to be beautiful
and uses “ grew “ to compare her to plants.
•
But the sweet Lucy Gray… line 11
•
That you may see sweet Lucy Gray…. Line 59
•
These lines reinforces his view of her as a
sweet little girl whom he adores.
10. •
The vocabulary is simple and words are
constantly repeated to show the flow of the
story, the repetition of Lucy’s name.
•
“Oft had I heard of Lucy Gray”.. Line 1
•
No mate no comrade Lucy knew.. Line 5
•
But the sweet face of Lucy Gray.. Line 11
•
And many a hill did Lucy climb.. Line 31
11. •
The repetition is used to give recognition to
Lucy Gray.
•
The tone of the poetic piece is reflective and
light. The mood of the poem fluctuates
between one of sadness and one of
happiness. In the 1st
three stanza’s the mood
was sad, as Lucy’s invisibility and her death
was revealed. As the story progresses the
sadness of the mood fades and is replaced by
happiness , joy and acceptnce.
12. THEME
•
The theme of death is symbolized in the title
of the poem and then re established through
the use of other symbols and lines of the
poem.
•
“But the sweet face of Lucy Gray
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Will never more be seen”… line 11,, 12
•
These lines established the death of Lucy. The
death is revealed at the beginning the ballad
as to keep the tone light. If the death was
revealed at the end of the poem would lose
13. •
The storm came on before its time.. Line 29
•
Storm is used as a symbol of death. Lucy died
at a very young age.
•
In the final stanza Words Worth uses
alliteration.
•
“And sings a solitary song that whistle in the
wind”… line 63,, 64
•
The ‘s’ sound created helps to create the
whistling that is mentioned.
14. CONCLUSION
•
The poem Lucy Gray is about merger of
humanness with nature. Words Worth uses
the poem to express the selfishness of human
beings and contrast it with the serenity that is
prevented in nature. He presents nature as a
freedom. And means of escape and uses
characters “Lucy Gray” as to express the
smooth transition from humanistic ideals to
once connected nature. Words Worth
presents a child as the major character in his