Excerpt from The Prelude Flashcards
Context on William Wordsworth:
Grew up in the ____ ________
Poem links to when he ___ ______ in his childhood
Part of the ______ a collection of poems - took __ years to write (________)
Wordsworth was a ________ poet, was in ___ of ______
Wordsworth connected _____ with being a place of ________, emotion and ______
Final version published in ____ when he died
Grew up in the Lake District
Poem links to when he ice skated in his childhood
Part of the Prelude a collection of poems - took 40 years to write (unfinished)
Wordsworth was a romantic poet, was in awe of nature
Wordsworth connected nature with being a place of instinct, emotion and memory
Final version published in 1850 when he died
Tell me about romantism era when Wordsworth was alive
Occurred between late __th and mid-__th centuries
Break from the ‘___ of ______’ which valued _____ and _________
Romanticism placed extra _______ on ___________ + ________
Occurred between late 18th and mid-19th centuries
Break from the ‘age of reason’ which valued logic and structure
Romanticism placed extra emphasis on imagination + emotion
Quotes/Form/Structure of the Poem
Auto-____________, ____ poem
Poem is an _______ not a _____ poem
Personal __________ of childhood
_____ verse, ________ lines of iambic pentameter
Auto-biographical, epic poem
Poem is an extract not a whole poem
Personal anecdote of childhood
Blank verse, unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
Quotes/Form/Structure of the poem
Use of __________ in the ______ line ‘was ___’ F__________ the ideas of things ______
Use of enjambment in the second line ‘was set’ Foreshadows the ideas of things ending
Quotes/Form/Structure of the poem
Use of _______ through ______ and dashes could highlight the persona’s _______, e_________ and ______________ about ______
Use of caesura through colons and dashes could highlight the persona’s passion, excitement and breathlessness about nature
Quotes/Imagery of the poem:
‘____‘d along the ______‘d ice’
use of _________ creates idyllic _______/soundscape
semantic field of a _________ experience
‘hiss’d along the polish’d ice’
use of sibilance creates idyllic picture/soundscape
semantic field of a spiritual experience
Quotes/Imagery of the poem:
‘_____ and ________ like an _____‘_ horse
suggests persona feel ______ _________ and ____
Like + a________ with ______
‘Proud and exulting like an untir’d horse’
suggests persona feel strong confident and free
Like + associate with nature
Quotes/Imagery of the poem
‘the ____ loud _________’
_________ games are compared to _______, m____ and ________, which are ingrained into ______
‘the Pack loud bellowing’ - childhood games are compared to hunting, manic and savagery, which are ingrained into nature
Quotes/Imagery of the poem
‘______ sky of evening ____ away’
________ suggests the ‘d____’ of an _______ could represent a loss of _________
‘orange sky of evening’
metaphor suggests the ‘death’ of an evening could represent a loss of innocence
Quote/Language of the poem
Tell me the full title of the poem:
The title of the poem
___________ the poem will be an i___________ to the persona’s ____ - relate to ____ and theme of _________
Could relate to Wordsworth ice-_______ in his _________
‘Excerpt from The Prelude’
foreshadows the poem will be an introduction to the persona’s life - relate to time and theme of innocence
Could relate to Wordsworth ice-skating in his childhood
Quote/Language of the poem
The contrasting ideas of the ‘______ season’ and ‘twilight ____‘d’ suggests that ______ and “the ________” (home) are in__________ with each other - 2 ________ ideas
The contrasting ideas of the ‘frosty season’ and ‘twilight blaz’d
Suggests that nature and “the domestic” (home) are incompatible with each other - 2 separate ideas
Quotes/Language of the poem
‘It was a ____ of _______’
Use of a ___________ tone reflects the persona’s ____ and e________ for ______
‘It was a time of rapture’
Use of a charismatic tone reflects the persona’s love and enjoyment for nature
Quote/Language of the poem:
V____ = ‘And not a _____ was ____; with the ___’
‘___’ has negative connotations to _____________, loud _____
________ tone used to show the persona’s change of ________ towards ______
Volta = ‘And not a voice was idle; with the din’
‘Din’ has negative connotations to uncomfortable, loud noise
Negative tone used to show the persona’s change of attitude towards nature
Quotes/Language of the poem:
Juxtaposition of ‘tinkled like ____’ and an ‘_____ sound’
‘_______ like ____’ s_____ is a __________ and could suggest that _______ is out of place with ______
‘_____ sound’ similar to the sound_____ of a _______, seems quite strange + __________ to the persona
Persona no longer feels ___________ in ______
‘Tinkled like iron’ simile is a malapropism and could suggest that society is out of place with nature
‘Alien sound’ similar to the soundscape of a glacier, seems quite strange + unfamiliar to the persona
Persona no longer feels comfortable in nature
Develop some more ideas for me about the poem
The poem is full of _________ and memory of persona’s glorious _________
The poems ________ tone shifts near the end of the poem at ‘and not a _____ was ____; with the ___’ creates a __________ tone
Could imply Wordsworth childhood has been ____ as he has passed through ___________ and his _________ has perhaps _______ him
The poem is full of nostalgia and memory of persona’s glorious childhood
The poems positive tone shifts near the end of the poem at ‘and not a voice was idle; with the din’ creates a melancholy tone
Could imply Wordsworth childhood has been lost as he has passed through adolescence and his nostalgia has perhaps blinded him
