The Prelude Flashcards
1
Q
‘Upreared its head’
A
Personification of the mountain contrasts with the earlier images of beauty ‘like a swan’
2
Q
‘A huge peak, black and huge.’
A
Repetition shows how the power of nature has rendered him speechless and unable to conjure any other adjectives to describe the mountain.
3
Q
‘But huge and mighty forms’
A
Adjectives show how nature is so much more powerful than he ever imagined before.
4
Q
‘Trouble to my dreams’
A
Huge contrast in tone to the beginning showing how much of an effect the mountain has had on him.
