THE PREDULDE Flashcards
Themes
-Nature is more powerful then mankind
Small circles glittering idly in the moon,
-Beauty of nature how wonderful is used that to contrast the two sides of nature
Upon the summit of a craggy ridge
-The mood changed with the craggy ridge and horizons
boundary represents nature. (could be a volta)
The horizon’s bound, a huge peak, black and huge
There hung a darkness, call it solitude
The darkness hanging over him represents his change to a
darker mood at the end of the journey. The words all carry a
dark and sinister tone, more morbid and melancholy. He is
reflecting on the conflict in his mind of the juxtaposed
peaceful side of nature and the harsh extremes it also
contains “big and mighty forms”
With trembling oars I turned,
Use of ‘trembling’ connotes the fear and vulnerability of
the poet, he is shown like a wounded animal, hiding away.
