Analysis of She dwelt among the untrodden ways

William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)



She dwelt among the untrodden ways
     Beside the springs of Dove,
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!


Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101011 010111 1110111 010111 01001011 110101 11011101 110001 11010111 110111 11100101 010011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 373
Words 72
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 29, 2023

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