Extract from The Prelude Flashcards
1
Q
One summer evening (led by her)
A
- Warmth and Comfort
- Creates false sense of security
- Connotes passivity
- Naivety and innocence
- Sinister undertones
- Foreboding
- Mother Nature = Her?
2
Q
Small circles glittering idly in the moon
A
- Calm
- Tranquil imagery
- Contrasts later in the poem
- Wonder
- Light imagery connotes innocence and peace
3
Q
Was nothing but the stars and the grey sky.
A
- Light Imagery
- Innocence -> loss of this
- Change to ‘towered up’
4
Q
huge peak, black and huge
A
- Repetition
- Imagery
- Emphasises fear
- Intimidation
5
Q
Upreared its head
A
- Animalistic and predatory imagery
- Personification
- Confrontational and aggressive
6
Q
grim shape
A
- Imagery
- Death
- Dread
- Foreboding
7
Q
struck and struck again
A
- Repetition
- Desperation
- Violence
- Power
8
Q
Towered up between me and the stars
A
- Lack of light
- Darkness
- Unknown - Fear
- Dominance and power
9
Q
No familiar shapes remained, no pleasant images
A
- Complete absence
- Repetition - emphasis
- Departing of enthusiasm
- Life altering
- Known and comfort gone
10
Q
that do not live like living men
A
- Simile
- Unnatural/supernatural
- Unknown
11
Q
a trouble to my dreams
A
- Tranquility + mental stability
- Overwhelming and all-consuming
- Juxtaposes ‘troubled pleasure’ -> physical exertion vs mental and psychological disturbance
