2288599
Description
Mind Map by eviehewitt, updated more than 1 year ago
|
Created by eviehewitt
over 9 years ago
|
|
The Prelude
- Author
- William
Wordsworth lived in
the Lake District in
1770
- Work inspired by past
events, thoughts on
nature, the mind + hope
- Based on childhood
memories, personal
journeys + the search for
understanding
- William
Wordsworth lived in
the Lake District in
1770
- Structure
- 44 lines
- Blank verse shows it is serious + important
- Epic like poem = ordinary event with
an epic quality to emphasise effect
on his life
- No stanzas so continues like a story
- Frequent enjambment to show
conversation like story + gentle rowing
of boat
- 44 lines
- Sound
- Conversational like
talking to us + use
of ands give a
breathless quality
like child telling the
story
- "troubled pleasure" gives micheavous tone + its not right
- "measured motion"
alitteration of m is
menacing like mountain is in
control
- "the water like a swan" similie of grace and elegance
- Conversational like
talking to us + use
of ands give a
breathless quality
like child telling the
story
- About
- Prelude = an action or
event serving as an
introduction to something
more important
- Whole poem is about
poets spiritual growth +
coming to terms with who
he is
- Extract describes how poet went out
on a boat at night alone + a
mountain peak loomed over him; its
presence has a great effect + days
after troubled by the experience
- Prelude = an action or
event serving as an
introduction to something
more important
- Imagery
- "led by her" personification of
nature or boat whose
influence is compelling
- "nothing but the stars
and grey sky" makes
him seen small + alone
as the beauty is
threatening
- "like a living thing"
similie -
imagination plays
tricks especially on
impressionable child
- "led by her" personification of
nature or boat whose
influence is compelling
- Themes
- Once an event happens, it
isn't over as it can stay +
haunt you
- Nature: humanity is part of
nature + can be made to feel
small + insignificant by
natural world
- Loneliness: poet often alone as
he can think more clearly + is
more affected by events + places
- The night: sometimes
experience feelings + events
clearer at night maybe due to
loneliness
- Once an event happens, it
isn't over as it can stay +
haunt you
- Comparison
- Spellbound, Below the
Green Corrie, Wind +
Storm in the Black Forest
- All agree nature is dominant
over humanity
- All human
characters feel
under threat at
some point
- Isolation
- Natures beauty
- All agree nature is dominant
over humanity
- Spellbound, Below the
Green Corrie, Wind +
Storm in the Black Forest
Want to create your own Mind Maps for free with GoConqr? Learn more.