the prelude Flashcards
beginning
1) transitionary period demonstrative of how you are neither in the present nor past when revisiting a memory. A sense of warmth and comfort from reminiscing
2) highlights the significant impact that his childhood memories have had on him and they way he has become. Sense of conviction further emphasises this
1) The cottage windows on the twilight blaz’d
2) happy time, it was,indeed, for all of us: for me it was a time of rapture
middle
1) subtle undercurrent of sorrow as bells tolling often refers to funeral procedures, highlighting the fact that all good times must eventually come to an end.
2) Romantic poet - often likens himself to nature as a means to highlight his fascination with nature from a young age. alliteration of ‘h’ sound creates a sense of breathlessness and excitement that cannot be contained.
1) the village clock toll’d six
2) the resounding horn, the pack loud bellowing, and the hunted hare
end
1) volta of the poem. Precipice refers to a steep rock face, indicative of the steep and sudden transition from being in these spots of time to reality, further indicated by icy crag which is also a steep object.
2) demonstrative of the inevitable passing of time and how all good times and memories must come to an end and it is impossible to live in reminiscence forever. Frequent pauses through the use of caesura, highlights a reluctance to move forward and a desire to stay in reminiscence for as long as possible, despite the moment having to come to an end eventually.
1) Meanwhile, the precipices rang aloud, the leafless trees and every icy crag
2) the stars, eastward, were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away.
