Extract from the Prelude Flashcards
What is the form of the prelude?
Blank verse
What example in the prelude shows the mountain to be scary?
“Upreared its head”
“Towered up between”
“Strode after me”
Why is the prelude all in one stanza
Nature never stops
What is the message of Extract from the prelude?
Nature is complex -both powerful and nurturing
What role does nature play in Wordsworth’s life?
Parent
William Wordsworth was a key figure in which movement?
Romantic
What example of pathetic fallacy shows nature as a loving parent figure?
“Led by her”
What does the use of blank verse in the prelude tell us about nature?
It has its own inner order
Why does nature show the figure that nature has darkness/danger?
Life has darkness too
What part of nature is personified to show the dark side of nature ?
The mountain
When showing the mountain to be scary, what do we learn about nature?
It has darkness/ danger
Why does the figure follow nature to the boat when we read “led by her”?
Nature is his mother
What device places Nature as a parent figure ?
Pathetic fallacy and personification
