Extract from The Prelude (1850) William Wordsworth Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Simile. Travelling easily/peacefully.
A
“Went heaving through the water like a swan.”
2
Q
Personification
A
“As if with voluntary power instinct prepared its head.”
3
Q
Sibilance
A
“I struck and struck again.”
4
Q
Repetition
A
“A huge peak, black and huge.”
5
Q
Repetition
A
“Remained, no pleasant tinges of trees, Of sea or sky, no colours of greenfields.”
6
Q
Enjambment
A
“Straight I unloosed her chain, and stepping in Pushed from the shore.”
