Extract From The Prelude Flashcards

1
Q

“One _______ evening (led by her) I found/ a little ____ tied to a ________ _____ “

Extract from the prelude

A

“One summer evening (led by her) I found/ a little boat tied to a willow tree”

Extract from the prelude

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2
Q

“In an act of _______ /and _________ pleasure”

A

“In an act of stealth /and troubled pleasure”

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3
Q

“Like one who ___/ ________ of his _____”

Extract of the prelude

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“Like one who rows/ proud of his skill”

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“_______/ I ________ my oars into the ______ lake/ and, as I ____ up the stroke, my ____/ went _______ through the ___ like a _____”

Extract from the prelude

A

“Lustily/ I dipped my oars into the silent lake/ and, as I roar up the stroke, my boat/ went heaving through the water like a swan”

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“When, from behind that ______ steep till then/ the ________ bound, a _____ peak, _____ and huge,/ as if with ________ power ______/ __________ it’s head”

Extract from the prelude

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“When, from behind that craggy steep till then/ the horizon’s bound, a huge peak, black and huge,/ as if with voluntary power instinct/ upreared it’s head”

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“And ______ still in ______ the grim _________/ ________ up _______ me and the ____”

Extract from the prelude

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“And growing still in stature the grim shape/ Towered up between me and the starts”

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“With _______ oars I ______ me,/ and through the _____ water ____ my way/ back to the _____ of the ______ tree”

Extract from the prelude

A

“With trembling oars I turned me,/ and through the silent water stole my way/ back to the covert of the willow tree”

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“And through the ________ homeward went, in ___/ and ________ mood”

Extract from the prelude

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“With trembling oars I turned me,/ and through the silent water stole my way/ back to the covert of the willow tree”

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