The Prelude Flashcards

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A huge peak,black and huge

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Repetition shows the effect on the speaker

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She was an elfin pinnace

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Metaphor of “a fairy boat” used to make the scene seem otherworldly but not threatening

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Upreared its head

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Personification contrasts with beautiful imagery of the boat “swan” “elfin”

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Strode after me

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Personification threatening and lack of human equality

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