The Prelude Quotes Flashcards
Opening line of the prelude
One summer evening (led by her)
Allusion of mother nature or a femalte that is responsible for femenine tasks.
Quote from prelude showing what he knows he is doing is wrong
It was an act of stealth
Multiple lines showing the boat moving majestically through the lake from prelude
Leaving behind her still on either side,small circles glittering idly in the moon
Pronoun ‘her’ could be him viewing himself as equal with nature, later realises the true power of nature.
Quote from prelude showing writers huburis
Proud of his skill…with an unswerving line
He is a representation of humanity.
Quote from prelude showing emptiness of horizon at start of poem
The horizons upmost boundary…was nothing but the stars and the grey sky
Quote from prelude using biblical imagery and describing the boat
She was an elfin pinnace,lustily I dipped my oars into the silent lake
Volta of the prelude (2 lines)
When,from behind that craggy steep till then,
The horizon’s bound,a huge peak,black and huge.
Sibilance after volta in prelude
I struck and struck again,and growing still in stature the grim shape towered up.
Quote from prelude contrasting to earlier huburis
With trembling oars I turned
Quote from prelude reminding him of his humanity and how he rushed to get back
Through the meadows homeward went,in grave and serious mood.
Negativity after he returned home (Prelude)
There hung a darkness,call it solitude,or blank desertion
Quote from end of prelude showing how he no longer thinks of beauty of nature,only power
No familiar shapes,no pleasent images of trees of sea or sky,no colours of green fields
Last words from prelude allowing us to sympathize with him
Were a trouble to my dreams
Structure in prelude
Single stanzas
Enjambment (to show overwhelming)
Cyclical structure (to show its a spiritual not physical journey)
Parallelism (to show changed view)
First person narrative makes it seem more personal
Blank verse (unrhymed) creates sense of seriousness and how nature can’t be controlled
All one large domineering stanza shows how powerful nature is
