Extract From, The Prelude Flashcards
Start of the poem
“One summer evening (led by her)”
Oxymoron showing hints of guilt
“Troubled pleasure”
Describing the mountian
“A huge peak, black and huge”
Showing his hubris and how he wants to own the lake
“Lustily
I dipped my oars into the sikent lake”
Showing the narrators depression
“There hung a darkness, call it solitude
Or blank desertion”
Who wrote this poem?
William Wordsworth
Where is the poet from?
Lake district
Where does the poem come from?
It is an autobiography which is about his life
Describe Williams Wordsworth?
He was one of the poets who started the romantic age
He wrote mostly about nature
Explain the Form of the poem?
Is a big block of text ment to intimidate like the mountian
It describes a turning point in the poem (volta on line in line 22)
It shows Wordsworth as arogant, care free in the beggining after the volta he is presented as darker and fearful
Extlain the Structure of the poem?
In plan chant and iambic pentameter and is unrhyming
It seems like an important part of his life which is flowing however it is offasionaly interuoted by ceasuras
What is the poem about?
Wordsworth rowing in a lake and getting scared by the mountian
Feelings and Attitudes
Confidence/ Arogance
Fear - (of nature) narator is left feeling awe but is also scared about it
Reflection - hos thoughts and dreems are still effected now
Poems to compare
Power of Nature - Exposure, Storm of the Island, Ozymandias
Changed by experiences - Remains, Poppies
First clue that something is wrong?
“Act of stealth”
