Read the first paragraph from a poetic explication of "She Was a Phantom of Delight" by William Wordsworth. Which error has the writer made in this explication?In "She Was a Phantom of Delight" by William Wordsworth, the speaker examined a woman from afar, struggling to determine whether the "Phantom of delight" was a spirit or a mortal woman. In a quick pace, with smoothly flowing descriptions and details, the speaker, enraptured by her beauty and awed by her grace, began with the belief that the woman was a phantom, calling her an "Apparition, sent to be a moment's ornament" (3-4). He progressed to the idea that she was mortal, but he ends in a final conclusion that she embodied both mortal woman and ephemeral spirit, "a perfect Woman," but "a Spirit still..." (27-29).Works CitedWordsworth, William. "She Was a Phantom of Delight." Poems in Two Volumes. London, 1807.         a study of the figurative language and its purpose in the poem         a focus on the structure and technical details within the first paragraph         a description of the speaker in the first paragraph         a use of past tense, rather than present tense, to analyze the poem

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Read the first paragraph from a poetic explication of "She Was a Phantom of Delight" by William Wordsworth. Which error has the writer made in this explication?

In "She Was a Phantom of Delight" by William Wordsworth, the speaker examined a woman from afar, struggling to determine whether the "Phantom of delight" was a spirit or a mortal woman. In a quick pace, with smoothly flowing descriptions and details, the speaker, enraptured by her beauty and awed by her grace, began with the belief that the woman was a phantom, calling her an "Apparition, sent to be a moment's ornament" (3-4). He progressed to the idea that she was mortal, but he ends in a final conclusion that she embodied both mortal woman and ephemeral spirit, "a perfect Woman," but "a Spirit still..." (27-29).

Works Cited
Wordsworth, William. "She Was a Phantom of Delight." Poems in Two Volumes. London, 1807.
 
 
 
 
a study of the figurative language and its purpose in the poem
 
 
 
 
a focus on the structure and technical details within the first paragraph
 
 
 
 
a description of the speaker in the first paragraph
 
 
 
 
a use of past tense, rather than present tense, to analyze the poem
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