Extract From The Prelude Flashcards
1
Q
Nature
A
It is personified with “ lead by her”
2
Q
What did he do
A
He stole an “elfin” ( small boat with oars) “act of stealth”
3
Q
The switch
A
Before
“Home” “little boat” “scilent lake”
After
“Huge peak, black and huge”
4
Q
Nature can be peace and a monster, then PTSD
A
“Black and huge”
“Purpose of its own”
“Motion like a living thing”
“Her”
“Scilent lake”
“Small circles glittering idly in the moon”
“Moved slowly through the mind”
“Troubling to my dreams”
5
Q
Meaning
A
It could be a relationship, using “her”.
You go and get an attractive girlfriend “lustily” without vetting the personality. Then you face the monster and issues
