Prelude Flashcards
poem instantly set in winter
frosty season
the day is coming to a close
sun/Was set
the skies are clear, there is nice weather, pathetic fallacy
visible for many a mile
it is a beautiful winter dusk
twilight blazed
narrator is having too much fun to go inside
I heeded not the summons
he reminisces his childhood as a very good thing
happy time/ It was, indeed, indeed for all of us;
in a semantic field of ecstasy, shows childhood was amazing for the narrator
to me/it was a time of rapture clear and loud
it is dark early, indicating that it is winter
village clock toll’d six
the narrator feels they could be outside playing forever, proud and content
Proud and exulting, like an untir’d horse
child playing on a lake, ice skating, typical winter activities for the time, connotations of all fun things
We hiss’d along the polish’s ice
children often played in woodlands at the time, plurality shows the repetition of the experience
woodland pleasures
children play like a pack of wolves
Pack loud bellowing
children will play irrespective of the weather conditions,, verb chosen to show how positive the childhood was and also how children are very imaginative
through the darkness and the cold we flew
all children are really enthusiastic and having fun, they are making lots of noise in a good way
not a voice was idle; with the din
despite the imagery of danger, it is partially used to show the imagination of the children but also how nature has a large impact on peoples lives, they are personified
Meanwhile the precipices rang aloud
