She Was a Phantom of Delight

One of the most outstanding poets of the Romantic period was William Wordsworth. Wordsworth wrote many interesting poems, and one of his finest was "She was a Phantom of Delight". Wordsworth had relations with many women and so it wasn't known for whom he wrote this poem. In his poem, he never describes any particular women, nor mentions a trait distinctive to one of the women he met. Thus, the women to whom he wrote …

…last couplet Wordsworth pointed that even though the woman was an apparition all made up in his mind, he sensed angelic characteristics in her. Wordsworth was a very qualified poet and this poem was beautifully written. He used many figurative figures to extend his emphasize on his ideas, which were in this case the description of the beauty of the woman. Diction was another aspect Wordsworth perfected to set a certain mood for the poem.