The Prelude

Question 1

“(Troubled) pleasure”
“Like a swan”
“Sparkling light”

Semantic field of beauty/peace/light

Answer 1

“Troubled pleasure” - foreshadowing his mental downfall (mountain is metaphor for his over-looming issues) + oxymoron

“like a swan” - metaphor for exterior peace with interior conflict

“Sparkling light” - reflects peacefulness of mood/atmosphere

Question 2

“No colours… No familiar shapes… No pleasant images”
“Desertion”
“Trouble”

Semantic field of darkness + repetition

Answer 2

Rule of three

Vulnerable, life changing experience, despair, depression

Question 3

“Strode after me”
“Upreared its head”

Personification of mountain

Answer 3

“Strode” - purposeful, determined chasing - no escape from his own sadness/problems

“Upreared” - troubles returned to haunt him in the form of an enemy pursuing him

Question 4

To compare with:
POWER OF NATURE:
- storm on the island 
- exposure 
- ozymandias
- London

Answer 4

To compare with:
CONFLICT
- remains
- the emigree