Extract from, The Prelude Flashcards

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“Led by her”

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  • Nature? Moonlight?
  • Personifies nature as a person to talk to
    • > Wordsworth was a lonely child (many family deaths) so nature became his friend
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“Small circles glittering idly in the moon”

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  • nature is beautiful

- it is magical, mystical, exciting and perfect like a fairytale

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“Huge peak, black and huge”

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  • repetition -> emphasise how overpowering it is
  • scary and shocking
  • nature can be dark and evil
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“Trouble to my dreams”

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  • he is being haunted by a nightmare -> PTSD?

- long lasting power of nature

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What are the key themes in The Prelude?

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  • Power of Nature
  • Power of Conscience
  • Power of Imagination
  • Memory
  • Individual experiences
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Who is William Wordsworth?

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  • He was a romantic poet
  • He valued nature and the power of imagination
  • He was a poet Laureate in 1834
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Where does the poem come from?

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  • a long autobiographical poem in which Wordsworth reflected upon his development as a child to a poet
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Summary of The Prelude

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  • he goes on a boat in the middle of the night
  • he approaches a mountain and gets scared so turns to go home
  • he is then haunted by darkened thoughts
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