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F.L.I.R.T.(with poetry)

She dwelt among the untrodden ways

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! By William Wordsworth

Heading – Poetry One ‘A poem is like a person’. Write two or three sentences in response to this

comment.

Objectives To examine She dwelt among the

untrodden ways by William Wordsworth.

To F.L.I.R.T. with said poem.

F.L.I.R.T. F. – Form L. – Language I. – Images R. – Rhyme and Rhythm T. - Theme

The Poet William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)

was an English poet

who helped

launch the Romantic Age of

English Literature.

Expressing emotions and respecting nature’s importance

defined this time and this man.

Form – What does she/he look like and what’s their story?

She dwelt among the untrodden ways

Beside the springs of Dove,

A Maid whom there were none to praise

And very few to love:

Form: This is a lyric poem (expresses emotions) and a ballad poem

(telling a story).

Write down the word ‘Emotions:’ and as we continue, note any feelings

we come across.

She dwelt among the untrodden ways

Beside the springs of Dove,

A Maid whom there were none to praise

And very few to love:

The woman the poet speaks of is in a distant place that people never go.

With no people about, she is surrounded only by nature. Like nature,

nobody appreciates her beauty.

(This may have been a real woman that the poet knew named Lucy).

Language – Are you interested in what their talking about?

Images - Are you paying attention to what their saying?

A violet by a mossy stone

Half hidden from the eye!

—Fair as a star, when only one

Is shining in the sky

There is a metaphor and a simile here.

Write down an explanation how a

woman could be compared to these

images and why. (5 or 6 sentences)

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!

Write down these questions.

Why might a poet use rhymes?

What if there were a pattern in life like

the rhyming scheme in this poem ?

What do you think the poet’s intention

was for writing this poem?

(One Sentence answers)

Lament for Lucy / She dwelt among the untrodden ways

She dwelt among the untrodden waysBeside the springs of Dove,

A Maid whom there were none to praiseAnd very few to love:

A violet by a mossy stoneHalf hidden from the eye!

Fair as a star, when only oneIs shining in the sky.

She lived unknown, and few could knowWhen Lucy ceased to be;

But she is in her grave, and, oh,The difference to me!

By William Wordsworth

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