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Lucy Gray

The summary provides the key details about the poem "Lucy Gray" in 3 sentences: The poem tells the tragic story of Lucy Gray, a sweet and innocent girl who obeyed her father by going into town to fetch her mother during a storm. Lucy became lost in the storm and her footprints were followed to a bridge, but then disappeared, suggesting she fell into the river. Although her parents found no sign of Lucy, some believe she still wanders the wild singing alone.

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Lucy Gray

The summary provides the key details about the poem "Lucy Gray" in 3 sentences: The poem tells the tragic story of Lucy Gray, a sweet and innocent girl who obeyed her father by going into town to fetch her mother during a storm. Lucy became lost in the storm and her footprints were followed to a bridge, but then disappeared, suggesting she fell into the river. Although her parents found no sign of Lucy, some believe she still wanders the wild singing alone.

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Lucy Gray

-William Wadsworth

Summary of the poem:


In this poem, William Wadsworth tells us about the tragic story of Lucy Gray. He tells us
that he had often heard of Lucy Gray and saw her in the wild. He then proceeds further
saying that you may see the fawn playing or the hares in the wild, but the sweet face of
Lucy will never be seen again. He then tells us about her story that once, Lucy’s mother
had gone to the town but, a storm was expected that night, so, Lucy’s father handed her a
lantern and sent her to fetch her mother back home. But, the storm arrived before the time
and Lucy lost in the wild. The parents were very worried and started to look for her. But
there were no signs or clues of her. In the morning, they saw a wooden bridge from the
hilltop and decided to look for her there. They almost lost hope for her being alive, but,
the next moment, they saw her footprints and the hope was back. They followed her
footsteps, moving through thorny bushes and by the long stone wall. When they reached
the bridge and into the middle of the plank, there were no more footsteps indicating that
she had fallen into the river and died. But, some people say that she is still alive and
wanders in the wild jumping over the rocks and singing a solitary song.

Character sketch of Lucy Gray:


Lucy was a sweet innocent girl who lived in the lap of nature far away from civilization.
She was a solitary child who spent most of her time alone playing in the woods. She was
an obedient girl who obeyed her parents and cared for them. When her father told her to
fetch her mother back home as a storm was expected to come that night, without making
any excuses, she obeyed her father and decided to go to the town. She was a brave girl: to
protect her mother, she faced a storm and traveled through thorny bushes and snowy
harsh conditions. She dies tragically in the end, but, some people say that she is alive and
plays in the wild while singing a solitary song.

How did the poem make you feel?


The poem was a roller-coaster of emotions. The poet with his words, expressions, and
settings is able to bring Lucy alive in front of his readers. As the poem moves, readers
can visualize what is happening with Lucy and feel her joys and sorrows. Where Lucy’s
solitary life gives pain to us, we also laugh at her silly behavior. We have experienced the
pain of her parents when she is lost, it appears as if it is not just them who lost Lucy, but
we too. On seeing her footprints on the snow, we readers get relieved and hopeful for
Lucy. Her tragedy becomes our tragedy, her pain becomes our pain, and her laughter
becomes our laughter. In short, we lived each and every moment, mood, and emotion of
the poem.

1. Which stanza tells us that something tragic happened to Lucy?


“You yet may spy the fallow at play,
The hare upon the green;
But the sweet face of Lucy Gray
Will never more be seen.”

EXTRA QUESTIONS
1. How did Lucy’s parents come to know of her tragic death?
Lucy’s parents were following Lucy’s footsteps which led to the wooden bridge. They
followed the footsteps into the middle of the bridge, but there were no footsteps further.
This is when they came to know that their daughter had fallen into the river and died a
tragic death.

2. Lucy’s parents were wretched and worried when they got to know she was lost. They
spent the whole night shouting far and wide for her. But there was no sight or clue of her.

3. Lucy’s parents almost lost hope and thought that she was dead, but the very next
moment, her mother saw Lucy’s footprints in the snow which lit up hope in her parents’
hearts.

4. When Lucy was on her way to town, the storm arrived before its time and she got lost
in the storm. She climbed up and down but never reached the town.

5. The poet calls Lucy Gray a solitary child because she lived far away from civilization
and liked to spend most of her time alone playing, and jumping in the woods.

8. “That whistles in the wind.” ELABORATE


The poet uses audio imagery to tell us that some people think that Lucy is not dead, but
alive and plays in the woods singing a solitary song. This sentence refers to the solitary
song.

10. Title of the poem.


Yes, I think that the title “Lucy Gray” of the poem is suitable as the poem tells us the
story of Lucy Gray. Lucy H

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