The Prelude -> Epic Poem

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“It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure”

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  • connotes sneakiness and slyness - it is morally wrong

  • shows he is selfish, there is no thought of the consequences

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“troubled pleasure”

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  • shows his arrogance, he feels entitled to enjoy it but is worried about getting caught

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“It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure”

  • connotes sneakiness and slyness - it is morally wrong

  • shows he is selfish, there is no thought of the consequences

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“troubled pleasure”

  • shows his arrogance, he feels entitled to enjoy it but is worried about getting caught

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“The grim shape towered up between me and the stars”

  • personification of the mountain implies that nature is dangerous and uncontrollable

  • Wordsworth’s confidence has disappeared and he no longer has power

  • portrays man’s inability to escape nature’s power and influence

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“There hung a darkness”

  • Represents Wordsworth’s change to a darker and melancholy mood at the end of his journey

  • The juxtaposition of the calm/peaceful start and the harsh ending symbolises the cruel extremes of nature

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Themes

  • power of nature

  • views of man

  • dominance and pride

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Structure - blank verse

  • no breaks makes the audience overwhelmed

  • symbolises how young Wordsworth was overwhelmed with his experience in nature

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Structure - Enjambment

  • reflects Wordsworth’s desire to communicate and tell the story

  • Shows his eagerness

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Structure - Iambic pentameter

lines of ten syllables with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables

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Context

  • romantic poet

  • supported the french revolution

  • lived and grew up in the lake district

  • nature as sublime

  • critiques the industrial revolution

  • autobiography of his childhood

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Poems to compare with

Storm on the island → Power of nature, fear

Exposure → Power of nature

Ozymandias → Power of nature