The Prelude Flashcards

Quotes

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

“(led by her)”

A

Personification. The pronoun ‘her’ is referring to nature.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

“It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure”

A

The narrator is committing a crime. The juxtaposition is also foreshadowing.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

“glittering idly in the moon”

A

The narrator is captivated by the beauty of this pleasant moonlit scene.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

“like one who rows, proud of his skill, to reach a certain point with an unswerving line”

A

Exaggeration shows the narrators arrogance at this stage in the poem.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

“my boat went heaving through the water like a swan”

A

Simile representing how nature is elegant yet secretly aggressive.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

“When, from behind that craggy steep till then the horizon’s bound”

A

The volta represents the narrator’s change in emotion toward nature.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

“a huge peak, black and huge”

A

The clumsy repetition and broken rhythm show how the narrator is terrified of the looming mountain.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

“Towered up between me and the stars”

A

He is beginning to separate himself from nature.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

“And measured motion like a living thing”

A

Alliteration - stumbling over his words in fear.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

“in grave and serious mood”

A

Symbolises the death of his innocence.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

“no pleasant images of trees, of sea or sky, no colours of green fields”

A

The power of nature. It has been tainted in his eyes.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

“were a trouble to my dreams”

A

The episode ended up giving him nightmares.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly