The Prelude Flashcards
1
Q
When?
A
1799
2
Q
Who?
A
William Wordsworth
3
Q
Theme?
A
Romantic/Sublime
4
Q
Context?
A
Influential Romantic Poet, Enthusiast for French Revolution, Autobiographical Poem
5
Q
Structure?
A
Free Verse, Unrhymed - Iambic Pentameter, First Person Speaker - Personal Tone
6
Q
‘It was a time of rapture’
A
Extreme Happiness, Love, Sublime
7
Q
‘We hiss’d along the polished ice’
A
‘hiss’d’ - Onomatopoeic, Gliding along the Ice, Graceful?
8
Q
‘Precipices rang aloud’
A
‘Precipices’ - Personified, Hills are alive, Romanticism, Pathetic Fallacy
9
Q
‘Every icy crag Tinkled like iron’
A
‘Tinkled’ - Onomatopoeia, links with ‘hiss’d’, gliding along - no care, no responsibilities
10
Q
‘while the stars, Eastward, were sparkling clear’
A
‘Sparkling’ - Onomatopoeia, ‘stars’ - World is a place with infinite potential?
