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The document discusses a poem called 'She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways' which mourns a beautiful woman named Lucy who died young and was underappreciated. The speaker insists that Lucy mattered in life and still matters in death despite living anonymously. Each stanza establishes Lucy's worthiness and virtue which persisted despite having no audience to appreciate her.

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The document discusses a poem called 'She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways' which mourns a beautiful woman named Lucy who died young and was underappreciated. The speaker insists that Lucy mattered in life and still matters in death despite living anonymously. Each stanza establishes Lucy's worthiness and virtue which persisted despite having no audience to appreciate her.

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In “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways,” an unidentified speaker mourns Lucy, a

beautiful woman who died young and underappreciated in the English countryside.
In a world that for the most part couldn’t have cared less about Lucy, the speaker
loved her; the speaker insists that she mattered in life, and still matters in death.
The first stanza establishes that Lucy was worthy of love and praise despite her
anonymity. The speaker presents Lucy as a somewhat mysterious figure.
In the second stanza the speaker goes on to show how her virtue persisted despite
having no audience. The speaker points to Lucy’s mystery as the reason for her
loveliness and beauty
In stanza 3 the speaker says again how seriously under-appreciated Lucy was in life.
Though part lament, the observation serves more to emphasize the speaker’s final
affirmation of Lucy’s lasting impact. Though dead, Lucy’s inherent mystery survives
and continues to inspire love.

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