poams the prelude Flashcards
overview
To begin with he is enjoying the scenery but then he sees a mountain and is overwhelmed by it’s size and power
causes him to change his views of nature
structure
Part of an epic poem- very important like an autobiography
Also Blank verse
ten syllables and is unrhymed
iambic pentameter(du, dumb, du ,dumb)
quote that shows onomatopoeia
“upreared its head” - immense power of the mountain
quote that shows semantic field(isolation)
“silent lake” “covert of the willow tree” “sparkling light”
quote that shows a metaphor
“she was an elfin pinnace; lustily i dipped my oars into the silent lake”
quotes that show the power of nature
“strode after me”
“huge peak, black and huge”
context
romantic poet
writes on behalf of the monarch
against industrial revolution
poem published after death
what quote show his change of views to nature
“my brain worked with a dim and undetermined sense”