SHE DWELT AMONG THE UNTRODDEN WAYS William Wordsworth

2. Write down the theme of the following poem.

SHE DWELT AMONG THE UNTRODDEN WAYS

William Wordsworth

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!

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Theme: There are a number of instances in which the noble and virtuous receive little or no attention during their journey through life. They are blazing stars who soar through the heavens unnoticed or seldom seen. And at one point, they burn out and die.