The prelude Flashcards
1
Q
date
A
1798
2
Q
3 quotes
A
- happy time it was, indeed, for all of us: to me it was a time of rapture: clear and loud
- like an untired horse, that cares not for his home - all shod with steel, we hissed along the polished ice
- an alien sound of melancholy, not unnoticed, while the stars, eastward, were sparkling clear, and in the west the orange sky of evening died away
3
Q
context
A
- early romantic poet
- from an epic poem
- grew up in the idyllic lake district
- autobiographical poem
- he felt that nature was an important influence in his life and called it The Great Universal Teacher
4
Q
Structure
A
Blank verse
Iambic pentameter
No rhyme
At line 16 there is a Volta - shift to an older voice
Lots of lists - excitement of the children
5
Q
Structure
A
Blank verse
Iambic pentameter
No rhyme
At line 16 there is a Volta
Lots of lists - excitement of the children
