The Prelude Flashcards
“One summer evening (led by her)”
“One summer evening (led by her)”
Personification, of nature which is powerful but also benevolent and gentle at this point
“troubled pleasure”
oxymoron he does something wrong to get a good feeling, he feels entitled to enjoy nature, arrogance of believeing he was in control
“through the water like a swan”
simileimplies he is in harmony with nature
“A huge peak, black and huge”
overwhelmed by
Personification of nature, his viwe of nature suddently change, scary,. Repetition suggests he is left speechless, descripion more simplistic and clumsy, less sophisticated language
” I struck and struck again”
Repetition, of “struck” highlights the speakers panic and fear. Violent language, introduced into the poem for the first time signifying mans battle with nature.
“like a living thing”
simile and personification of nature, seems a monstrous,
no
anaphora which suggests melancholy, memories are filed with monstrous power
were a trouble to my dreams
haunted by consequences, nature is above everything, humblig effect
power of memory that isn’t bound by time or restrictions of life
form
blank verse, continues to leave readers breathless,
+ rhytm
iambic pentameter + single stanza create intensity so that reader is overwhelmed by it, to reflect on WW overwhelming feeling about sublime
what is one of the messages
don’t steal
don’t put yourself above nature
“Huge and mighty forms that do not live like living men”
powerful adjectives that evokes the idea of the sublime , can’t be compared to men
arrogance has a negative effect even on himself
what do first person narrator and past tenses suggest
recalling past events that are firmly in his memory, perosnal experience
what kinf of peom is this
confessional, romantic, authobiographical and epic
what did romantic poems believed in
nature as a controlling force that filled mankind with awe.
characteristics of Romanticism
rejected rationalism of the enlightement, they were more emotional and looked at beuty of the world in order to protest against the change face of it due to industrialisation.
who is the hero in this epic autobiographical poem
the hero isn’t WW but nature personfied, convey his sense of awe towards nature
how is it a epic poem on methaporical level
did not intended adventure to be based on physical actions but spiritual growth and his awakening to nture’s power and his insignificance to it.
what does feminine personification suggest
“her” is an allusion to mother nature,
can be seen as feminine because it’s responsible for creating and nurturing life. WW contrast the role of nature to the one of human-whilst women nurture a single child, nature nurtures an entire planet making it superior
what is the sublime like
imperative, terrifying but delighting and leads men to understand their own insignificance
