The Prelude Flashcards
1
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Beginning quote 1
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“The cottage windows through the twilight blaz’d”
2
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Beginning quote 2
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“It was time of rapture”
3
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Middle quote 1
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“We hiss’d along the polish’d ice, in games”
4
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Middle quote 2
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“Woodland pleasures”
5
Q
Middle quote 3
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“And not a voice was idle”
6
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End quote 1
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“Leafless trees and every icy crag”
7
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End quote 2
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“while the stars […} were sparkling clear”
8
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End quote 3
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“The orange sky of evening died away”
9
Q
Context of The Prelude?
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- Wordsworth was a Romantic poet.
- Born in the Lake District.
- Mother died when he was 8, dad died when he was in school.
- French Revolution inspired him.
10
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Structure and Form:
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- Blank verse
- Volta - line 16
- Many caesura in the 1st half allows pauses for reflection.
11
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Who wrote The Prelude
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William Wordsworth
