The Prelude

Question 1

Form / Structure

Answer 1

• autobiographical
• blank verse
• voice of a common man

Question 2

Imagery

Answer 2

WE HISS’D ALONG THE POLISH’D ICE
-ice skating, onomatopoeia - allows reader to imagine what it was like
THE LEAFLESS TREES AND EVEY ICY CRAG
- emphasises death and change - cycles of the year
AN ALIEN SOUND OF MELANCHOLY NOT UNNOTICED
- but ignored
- emphasises that people want to focus on nature and ignore the affects of industrialisation

Question 3

Language

Answer 3

“I”
Self introspection

Semantics of nature

Question 4

Mood

Answer 4

Spiritual growth of the poet
• his place in the world
• his place in nature

Passionate and emotional about the effects of nature

Question 5

Soundscape

Answer 5

Lack of rhyme

• reiterates the simplicity of being - man and nature
• juxtaposed with the alien sounds of melancholy