What's The Poem "Lucy Gray"� By Wordsworth All About?

'Lucy Gray' is a lyrical poem. It is based on the story of a young girl who lost her way in a snow storm. She lived with her parents in a valley. She was a lonely girl as she had no friend and playmate. Yet she was very playful and jolly. One stormy night, her father asked here to go to the town and bring her mother home. She obeyed her father and went out with a lantern in her hand in a gay and happy mood.

But unfortunately the sudden storm seized her and she lost her way in the mountains. Her parents looked all night for the lost girl but could not find her. At daylight, they came upon a bridge where they discovered Lucy's footprints.
           'Into the middle of the plank
            And further there were none'
The last two stanzas describe the popular belief that though Lucy Gray is dead, yet
                              'She is a living child'
And may be seen and heard. She sings 'a solitary song' that blends with the sound of the wind.

In this poem, the poet tries to explore the boundaries of life and death. He uses vivid symbolism to explain this theme. The bridge, for example, symbolizes the transition from one state to other. It also suggests that in leaving life, Lucy has been unified with Nature. She has become a part of it. The poet does not stress upon Lucy's death. He, rather, tries to blend life and death in one continuous movement.

Lucy gray by william wordsworth is a very heart throbing poem.we can classify the poem on two basis.considering lucy to be dorothy in real life or lucy an imaginary character portrayed in the poem.so one can say that wordsworth has tried to speak abt dorthy's character through lucy.both were similar in their nature except that dorothy was an invalid.even she was a great lover of nature.
In this poem wordsworth has explained abt a girl who is very obedient and innocent.in the end the poet doesnt give much stress on her death.rather one can take that she has been unified with nature as she was a great lover of it..