A violet by a mossy stone/ Half hidden from the eye!/ —Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.— Explain (2nd Stanza: line 5-8)

A violet by a mossy stone

Half hidden from the eye!

—Fair as a star, when only one

Is shining in the sky.— Explain 

(2nd Stanza: line 5-8)

 These lines occur in the Poem “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways” by Wordsworth. Here the poet establishes the beauty of his beloved Lucy who lives in a solitary land beside the spring of Dove. He compares Lucy with a violet flower. Violet blooms on mossy stone where no body looks at. Likewise, the poet considers that his beloved lives and grow at a certain place where nobody goes or looks at. So, the poet thinks that his beloved’s beauty remains unseen and unsung like the beauty of a violet flower. Besides violets holds an important role in many myths like it may be associated with love, death, mourning, virginity. Later, the poet compares his ladylove to the Venus star. Venus is considered as the Goddess of Love. Venus seems very lonely in the sky like his ladylove who spends a solitary life. Also, the poet considers that his beloved is as fair and radiant as the Venus. It may be also interpreted in this way that nothing is like Lucy in the world.

She dwelt among the untrodden ways/ Beside the springs of Dove,/ A Maid whom there were none to praise/ And very few to love: --Explain (1st Stanza: line 1-4)

 These lines occur in the Poem “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways” by Wordsworth. Here the poet expresses his unparalleled love for his beloved Lucy and presented the growth of Lucy’s life in these lines. Lucy dwelt in place where no body goes casually. The poet intentionally uses the ‘dwelt’ instead of ‘lived’ in order to show the transience of her living place. Later, the poet marked her living place that was beside the spring of Dove. Dove is considered the Holy Spirit and so the poet positioned Lucy’s dwelling place there in order to show that Lucy was pure and virgin. Lucy was very beautiful but the poet bemoaned that there was no body to praise his beloved’s beauty because she lived solitary life out of everyone’s sight. The poet concludes the first stanza by saying that very few people loved Lucy. Thus, poet Wordsworth introduced her beloved Lucy to the world.