Extract From The Prelude Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Extract from the prelude:
Context?
A
William Wordsworth
Poet laureate in 1843
Cambridge University
Lake District
Romanticism
2
Q
Extract from the prelude:
Subject?
A
Narrator steals “a little boat” and is frightened by the “huge peak”
Power of nature
Autobiographical childhood memory
Incoherent rambling
3
Q
Extract from the prelude:
Form?
Structure?
A
Blank verse
4
Q
Extract from the prelude:
Tone?
Rhyme & rhythm?
A
No rhyme or rhythm (blank verse)
5
Q
Extract from the prelude:
Key quotes?
A