Extract from, the Prelude x Storm on the Island

Question 1

Who is

Extract from, the Prelude

written by?

Answer 1

William Wordsworth

Question 2

What is the

form of Extract from, the Prelude?

and why?

Answer 2

Blank Verse

This follows the speaker’s thoughts and feelings.

Question 3

What is the

meter of Extract from, the Prelude?

and why?

Answer 3

Iambic Pentameter

This is most similar to normal speech so more conversational.

Question 4

What would you compare

Extract from, the Prelude with?

And what are your three points?

Answer 4

Storm on the Island

1. Trees as safety and shelter from reality.
2. Colossal power of nature to disrupt safety.
3. Lack of comfort in uncertain times.

Question 5

What is your

first point for Extract from, the Prelude x Storm on the Island?

and what quotations are you using for this?

Answer 5

Trees as safety and shelter from reality.

Extract from, the Prelude -> “A willow tree within a rocky cove, its usual home”
Storm on the Island -> “Trees which might prove company”

Question 6

What is your

second point for Extract from, the Prelude x Storm on the Island?

and what quotations are you using for this?

Answer 6

Colossal power of nature to disrupt safety.

Extract from, the Prelude -> “Towered up between me and the stars”
Storm on the Island -> “raise a tragic chorus in a gale”

Question 7

What is your

third point for Extract from, the Prelude x Storm on the Island?

and what quotations are you using for this?

Answer 7

Lack of comfort in uncertain times.

Extract from, the Prelude -> “No familiar shapes remained, no pleasant images of trees”
Storm on the Island -> “there are no trees, no natural shelter”