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The Lucy poems are a series of five poems composed by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770–1850) between 1798 and 1801. All but one were first published during 1800 in the second edition of Lyrical Ballads , a collaboration between Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge that was both Wordsworth's first major publication and a ...
Pencil drawing of William's sister Dorothy Wordsworth in later life. Lucy's identity has been the subject of much speculation, [17] and some have guessed that the poems are an attempt by Wordsworth to voice his affection for Dorothy; [18] this line of thought reasoning that the poems dramatise Wordsworth's feelings of grief for her inevitable ...
"Theme of A slumber did my spirit seal" is a poem that was written by William Wordsworth in 1798 and first published in volume II of the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads.It is part of a series of poems written about an mysterious woman named Lucy who was believed to be his one of the loved ones , whom scholars have not been able to identify and are not sure whether she was real or fictional.
Poems of the Fancy: 1800 Lucy Gray; or, Solitude: 1799 "Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray:" Poems referring to the Period of Childhood. 1800 Ruth 1799 "When Ruth was left half desolate," Poems founded on the Affections (1815–20); Poems of the Imagination (1827–) 1800 Written in Germany, on one of the coldest days of the Century 1799
The author creates an impression of the indifference of nature as the poem progresses. The care with which Nature had sculpted Lucy, and then casually let her "race" end, reflects Wordsworth's view of the harsh reality of life. Although Nature is indifferent, it also cares for Lucy enough to both sculpt and mould her into its own.
William Wordsworth, author of "I travelled among unknown men" Reading of "I travelled among unknown men" "I travelled among unknown men" is a love poem completed in April 1801 [1] by the English poet William Wordsworth and originally intended for the Lyrical Ballads anthology, but it was first published in Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807 (see 1807 in poetry).
Lucy Gray is generally not included with Wordsworth's "Lucy" poems, [4] even though it is a poem that mentions a character named Lucy. [3] The poem is excluded from the series because the traditional "Lucy" poems are uncertain about the age of Lucy and her actual relationship with the narrator, and Lucy Gray provides exact details on both. [5]
"Strange fits of passion have I known" is a seven-stanza poem ballad by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. Composed during a sojourn in Germany in 1798, the poem was first published in the second edition of Lyrical Ballads (1800). [1] The poem describes the poet's trip to his beloved Lucy's cottage, and his thoughts on the way.