Prelude Flashcards
1
Q
Structure
A
The poem is split into 3 sections
1st: Carefree, light tone
2nd: Tone becomes darker and fearful when the mountain appears
3rd: Reflecting upon how the experience has changed him
2
Q
Form: Genre
A
Blank verse to make it sound serious and important, regular rhythm to make it sound like natural speech
3
Q
LA: Description of the mountain
A
“A huge peak, black and huge”
4
Q
LA: Violent imagery
A
“I struck and struck again”
5
Q
LA: Fear
A
“With trembling oars”
6
Q
LA: Narrator is left feeling alone and unsettled
A
“There hung a darkness, call it solitude / Or blank desertion”
Enjambment
7
Q
LA: Natural beauty
A
“My boat went heaving through the water like a swan”
“Small circles glittering idly in the moon”
8
Q
LA: Permanent effect on him
A
“Trouble to my dreams”
