The Prelude, William Wordsworth Quotes

Question 1

What quote uses a simile to describe the boat’s motion through the water?

Answer 1

“Went heaving through the water, like a Swan;”

Question 2

What quote displays the cliff as colossal, dominant and frightening to symbolise the power of the Earth?

Answer 2

“the huge Cliff
Rose up between me and the stars”

Question 3

What quote uses asyndetic listing of nature’s peaceful elements to juxtapose against the sinister elements of nature?

Answer 3

“Of sea or sky, no colours of green fields;”

Question 4

What quote juxtaposes peaceful side of nature with the ineffable, catastrophic side of nature?

Answer 4

“But huge and mighty Forms that do not live”