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What is the poem about overall?

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The poem is a reflection upon Wordsworth’s happy yet unpredictable childhood where he escapes to nature

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Why was the poem written?

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Wordsworth wrote the poem as a celebration of childhood & a subtle condemnation of adulthood/Industrial Revolution

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What is the structure of the poem? What does it reflect?

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The poem is written in iambic pentameter & uses enjambment which suggests time passing & growing up. Also uses caesura reflecting upon the narrator’s passion, excitement & breathlessness.

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What is the rhyme scheme? What does it signify?

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Blank verse - signifies how Wordsworth’s childhood was inconsistent and unpredictable

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Name the first theme of the poem. Explain.

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One theme of the poem is INNOCENCE. It is praise of childhood INNOCENCE & is a celebration of youthful freedom.

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Name the second theme of the poem. Explain.

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A second theme of the poem is NATURE. It celebrates the freedom nature provides, set in the countryside & rejecting the Industrial Revolution/adulthood

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“frosty season”

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fricative adjective
emphasises excitement, as children enjoy innocent delights eg. the weather

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“I heeded not the summons”

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rebellious tone
Wordsworth is refusing the responsibilities of adulthood by being disobedient

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“village clock toll’d six”

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symbolism
reflecting upon Industrial Revolution, as adulthood is being foreshadowed but the Wordsworth is refusing the reality of growing up

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“alien sound Of melancholy”

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mysterious tone/enjambment
suggests something unsual, as Wordsworth no longer feels at home in nature (SUBLIME!!)

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“The orange sky of evening died away”

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metaphor
implies nature has become bleak, fatalistic & uninteresting, also loss of innocence - adulthood is coming