The Prelude Flashcards
1
Q
What does the phrase ‘Straight I unloosened her chain’ suggest about the speaker’s actions?
A
It suggests an act of stealth and freedom.
2
Q
What emotion is associated with the speaker’s feeling of ‘proud of his skill’?
A
Pride.
3
Q
What imagery is created by the phrase ‘grim shape towered up between me and the stars’?
A
A sense of foreboding and obstruction.
4
Q
What feelings do ‘huge and mighty forms’ evoke in the speaker’s dreams?
A
Trouble and unease.
5
Q
Fill in the blank: ‘my boat went heaving through the water like a _______.’
A
swan.
