The Prelude Flashcards

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What sturcture techniques are used

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Blank verse
Enjamberment
Iambic pentameter

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How is the blank verse used

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No breaks makes the audience overwhelmed
Symbolises how young Wordsworth was overwhelmed with his experiences in nature

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How is enjambment used

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Reflect Wordsworth desires to communicate and tell the story
Shows his eagerness

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What themes are there

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View of man
Power of nature
Dominance of pride

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Quote 1&shows

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It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure
Connotates sneakiness and slyness,it’s morally wrong
Shows he is selfish there is no thought for the consequences

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Quote 3 and shows

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The grim shape towers up between me and the stars
Personification of the mountain implies that nature is dangerous and uncontrollable
Wordsworth confidence has disappeared and he no longer has power
Portrays man’s inability to escape natures power and infulence

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Quote 4 and shows

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Ans through the meadows homeward went,in grave and serious mood
The peaceful meadows juxtapose the deadly mood

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Quote 2 and what

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There hung a darkness
Represents wordsworths change to a darker and melancholy mood at the end of his journey
The juxtaposition of the calm/peaceful start and the harsh ending symbolises the cruel extremes of nature

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