Extract from The Prelude Flashcards
“One summer evening”…
Beginning of his experiment.
Enjambment adds to what?
Conversational style.
“Of mountain echoes”
Vastness of nature.
“Small circles glittering idly on the moon”
Positive image on nature.
“PROUD OF HIS SKILL”
Innocent view of nature.
“Went heaving through the water like a swan”
Elegance.
Beauty.
“Huge peak, black and huge”
Dramatic change in tone.
Begins to fear nature.
“Upreared its head”
Personification of the mountain.
Intimidated by the _____ of ______.
Force.
Nature.
“There hung a darkness, call it solitude”
Whole new perspective.
“Like living men, moved slowly through the mind”
Now he is an adult he is aware of the danger.
From lines 30 to 44, what happens?
Effect experience had on speaker.
What kind of poet was he?
Romantic.
What did William Wordsworth believe?
Humanity did not have power of nature.
What is William Wordsworth coming to terms with?
Who he is.
Place in nature.
Himself in the world.
