Works of William Wordsworth: Lucy Gray

Monarch Notes, 20050229 by Wordsworth, William

Wordsworth, William Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Lucy Gray With regard to the treatment of a generally common theme, it may be a worthwhile procedure to read this poem immediately after the Lucy poems. We have another Lucy who becomes merged into the nature that surrounds her, although the circumstances are more definitely and elaborately narrative than in any of the Lucy poems. Many a time had the poet heard of Lucy Gray.

He had actually seen her once, once when he crossed the wild. Lucy's life had been spent in solitude on an expansive wasteland, "on a wide moor." Lucy Gray was " - The sweetest thing that ever grew / Beside a human door!" Nature has not changed where Lucy lived, for the fawn and the hare continue their vibrant play, but Lucy will ...

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