Extract from the Prelude
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Who wrote Extract from the Prelude?
William Wordsworth
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When was it written?
1850
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Give a summary of the poem.
The poem is about **the journey of a young boy who steals a boat**. He doesn't travel very far, when he becomes fearful of the mountains that surround him. He quickly returns home but the experience haunts him.
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What are the key themes of the poem?
Nature
Childhood/ growing up
Memories and experience
Childhood/ growing up
Memories and experience
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What are some key quotes in this poem?
"It was an act of stealth and troubled pleasure"
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"a huge peak, black and huge"
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"no pleasant images of trees, of sea or sky, no colours of green fields"
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"a huge peak, black and huge"
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"no pleasant images of trees, of sea or sky, no colours of green fields"
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What are some language points about this poem?
Lots of personification
Pathetic fallacy to present experience and memories of that experience
Lots of light and dark imagery
Pathetic fallacy to present experience and memories of that experience
Lots of light and dark imagery
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What are some structure and form points about this poem?
No clear structure- 40 lines of blank verse
‘Rambles’ like a narrative of a memory
Continuous writing- no interruptions
Extract is a complete story/memory in itself
Opens like a classic fairytale story ‘one summer evening’
‘Rambles’ like a narrative of a memory
Continuous writing- no interruptions
Extract is a complete story/memory in itself
Opens like a classic fairytale story ‘one summer evening’
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What poems can you compare this with?
‘Destruction of Sennacherib’,
‘A Poison Tree’
‘Exposure’
‘A Poison Tree’
‘Exposure’