Monday, April 18, 2011

Solitary Ghost Song

"Yet some maintain that to this day she is a living Child" (57). Surely, to the people surrounding her, Lucy Gray had become apart of the moor, and her death did just register completely. It is possible that she haunts the moor still, and that Wordsworth means for her spirit to live on even after her snowy death. The "lonesome Wild" could also be used to describe her, as her human interaction was most likely quite limited to her parents, and she maintained her wildness, despite being pure (60). Again, the similarities between "Lucy Gray" and Wuthering Heights and The Secret Garden come up, as the moors and wildness often go hand in hand. From Catherine and Heathcliff, to Mary Lennox, to Lucy Gray. All these characters had such strong connections with the moors. Wordsworth seems to believe that humans and natures should have a stronger relationship. "Lucy Gray" shows how haunting one of these can be.

O'er rough and smooth she trips along,
And never looks behind;
And sings a solitary song
That whistles in the wind.


What I think of when I read this last stanza his Lucy meshing with nature. As she sings her song, it whistles in the wind, as if she IS part of the wind.

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