The Prelude

Question 1

What sturcture techniques are used

Answer 1

Blank verse
Enjamberment
Iambic pentameter

Question 2

How is the blank verse used

Answer 2

No breaks makes the audience overwhelmed
Symbolises how young Wordsworth was overwhelmed with his experiences in nature

Question 3

How is enjambment used

Answer 3

Reflect Wordsworth desires to communicate and tell the story
Shows his eagerness

Question 4

What themes are there

Answer 4

View of man
Power of nature
Dominance of pride

Question 5

Quote 1&shows

Answer 5

It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure
Connotates sneakiness and slyness,it’s morally wrong
Shows he is selfish there is no thought for the consequences

Question 6

Quote 3 and shows

Answer 6

The grim shape towers up between me and the stars
Personification of the mountain implies that nature is dangerous and uncontrollable
Wordsworth confidence has disappeared and he no longer has power
Portrays man’s inability to escape natures power and infulence

Question 7

Quote 4 and shows

Answer 7

Ans through the meadows homeward went,in grave and serious mood
The peaceful meadows juxtapose the deadly mood

Question 8

Quote 2 and what

Answer 8

There hung a darkness
Represents wordsworths change to a darker and melancholy mood at the end of his journey
The juxtaposition of the calm/peaceful start and the harsh ending symbolises the cruel extremes of nature