Identify the romantic elements both in context and style in the poem Lucy gray
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William Wordsworth was the poet who most exemplified the Romantic movement in America, and his poem "Lucy Gray" contains many elements of Romanticism, both in style and in content.
The most notable element of Romanticism in this poem is Wordsworth's use of sensory imagery; he uses four of them in particular in this poem. Taste imagery is represented in his description of the young Lucy Gray:
--The sweetest thing that ever grew
Beside a human door!
Later he says she has a "sweet face" and then that we
may see sweet Lucy Gray
Upon the lonesome wild.
The poet's consistent use of "sweet" to describe the girl is a clear reference to taste, though it also suggests touch and smell.
Touch is also clearly presented in this poem. Though we have some rough wood and the wooden bridge, the falling and fallen snow (which is both cold and wet) is the primary touch imagery.
Sound imagery is also prevalent in this short poem. Most are literal sounds; however, the first line ("Oft I had heard of Lucy....
identify the romantic elements both in context and style in the poem lucy gray