Prelude Flashcards
1
Q
Context
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Wordsworth was a romantic poet and he expresses his nostalgic thoughts as a child here in the poem. He also refers to the sublimity of nature
2
Q
Form/Structure
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First person. Blank verse and enjambment make it sound natural. The first section is light and carefree as it talks about children but later on, it is seen as a serious tone when talking about nature
3
Q
‘twilight
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blaz’d
4
Q
time of
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rapture
5
Q
like an
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untir’d horse
6
Q
We hiss’d
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along the polished ice
7
Q
the resounding
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horn the pack loud bellowing
8
Q
Meanwhile
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.
9
Q
an alien
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sound of melancholy
10
Q
The orange sky
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of evening died away.
