Charles Dickens 'Lucy's Song'

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“Lucy's Song” by Charles Dickens is a poem of heartbreak and recomposure described through references of nature. His peace of mind is described when he says “[h]ow beautiful at eventide” (1), letting the readers know the calmness he feels when it is darker. He uses some juxtaposition between the words “twilight” (2) and “pale” (2) to describe the changing of the sun as the day becomes night. As he describes the lights patterns, he says they go “far and wide” (3), which could equally explain to us readers his love for “her” (8). There is a pattern of diction present in the second stanza to potray a very serene environment. The nature is “soft” (5), “calm” (5), moves “gently” (7), and works to “soothe” (8). Charles Dickens gives the wind personification