Extract From 'the Prelude' Flashcards
1
Q
What kind of poet was Wordsworth?
A
Romantic poet
2
Q
Act…..
A
“It was an act of stealth”
3
Q
Proud……..
A
“Proud of his skill”
4
Q
Boundary
A
“Utmost boundary”
5
Q
R
A
“Chosen”. “Its” “huge” “stole” “no”
6
Q
Mountain description
A
“Huge peek, black and huge”
7
Q
Trouble
A
“Were a trouble to my dreams”
8
Q
Context on Wordsworth
A
Troubled relationship with grandparents and father
Parents died when he was a teen- went to live with hated grandparents- seperated from siblings
Spent much time in nature to escape his life
Poet laurette
Never finished poem
9
Q
Poets idea/message
A
View of men, society and nature
10
Q
Form?
A
Epic form- engages nature and heroine and Event
