Question

Poem:

She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways
William Wordsworth


She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:

A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.

She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!

Question: This poem, which expresses one person's emotion and reflection in a song-like way, is called a(n)

A) ballad
B) epic
C) haiku
D) lyric

Answer 1

lyric

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

D) lyric

Step-by-step explanation:

This poem is a great example of lyric poetry as it expresses an emotion and reflects on a theme of a person long gone and their effect on the conscience of the poet. It is able to do so with a great musicality of words and with memorable lines.

The first line sticks with the reader like a refrain of the song and the lyric ability of the poem to convey emotion has been unparalleled.

It is most definitely an example of lyric as it conveys one central emotion and a theme that surrounds it.