Summary And Critical Analysis Of Lucy Gray:
Lucy Gray is one of the most known works of WordsWorth. As told before by my colleague, WordsWorth is the “poet of nature”,he was deeply affected by nature. This poem tells the tale of Lucy’s short journey of life in this world—her growth, perfection and untimely death. The poet informs us that Lucy lived a delicate and solitary life in the world of Nature unpolluted by human intrusion.

This poem has two phases first,the brighter side and then the tragic end.

wordsworth here discusses nature beautifully,such a way that its sketch automatically forms in our mind(that,what I think is the magic of words).The character lucy is written as a little,beautiful and obedient girl whose untimely death is a big tragedy here!!!blow is given ,that is the lucy’s untimely death.
The most touchy and moving part for me was the desperate efforts of parents in search of their child.the emotional state of parents at the loss of their daughter is quite impressive…anyone can associate themselves with it,with a feeling of losing a loved and near one. This kind of situation is very hard to explain specially when your writing a poem,and that is why Wordsworth resorts to rhetorical way: he compares the fragility and the beauty of her existence to that of a violent which blooms by a mossy stone, where it remains half-hidden from others.
In the final stanzas, Wordsworth informs the reader of Lucy’s secluded way of life and her sudden death. Just as she lived unknown, she also died unknown. Finally the poet suddenly becomes conscious of the immediate reality that she is no more alive!!! in this world and is sleeping forever in her grave. He feels acute pain in his heart and abruptly ends the poem with equivocal words. Now he can feel the difference of his situation of utter grief that has been created by the loss from the one of divine bliss when she was alive.
“boundary being, nature sprite and human, yet not quite either”.
She reminds us of the traditional mythical person who lives, ontologically, an intermediate life, or mediates various realms of existence."[34] Although the poems evoke a sense of loss, they also hint at the completeness of Lucy's life—she was raised by nature and survives in the memories of others.[86] She became, in the opinion of the American poet and writer David Ferry (b. 1924), "not so much a human being as a sort of compendium of nature", while "her death was right, after all, for by dying she was one with the natural processes that made her, and fantastically ennobled thereby".[87]
Comments and views of some readers:
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I believe Wordsworth took the tragic story of a lonely little girl who drowned alone knowing no-one would hear her calls very much to heart and immortilised her memory forever in the poem of Lucy Gray, that she should forever live on in our readings and debates,whether you like the poem or not you shall never forget the poem or the story associated with it,of a tragic turn of events that to be honest happens in everyday life,but years after such a tragedy how many of you can honestly say you can remember the childs name that was involved, not many im sure but you;ll all remember Lucy Gray thats for sure. angel123

| Posted on 2010-06-24 | by a guest

lucy Gray is a nice projection of the society where child labourer existed. . . a girl child habitually obeying dad\'s call for a duty to her other parent. the suspicious death of Lucy actually shocked Dorothy who related n shared her depression or sadness with her dear brother. sir William has rather potrayed the innocent obedient child who was fearless to face the stormy night though unknown of the fatality of travelling on a snowy stormy path, unaware n inexperienced to face such an inclement weather n finally couldn\'t survive. so wordsworth is grt.

| Posted on 2010-09-15 | by a guest

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