Extract from, The Prelude by William Wordworth
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- Extract from, The Prelude by William Wordsworth
- Emotions
- power
- masculinity
- vulnerability, towards the end he is scared and afraid
- arrogance, at the beginning, he thinks that he has the power
- childlike
- Language
- arrogant and powerful language
- later on more subtle and calmer language
- puberty??
- "huge peak, black and huge"
- "unloosed her chain"
- "covert of the willow tree"
- "between me and the stars"
- "struck and struck again"
- Context
- born in 1770
- he made his debut as a writer at the age of 17
- he first published a sonnett
- he started writing the prelude in 1798
- finished it in 1805
- Conflicts
- power of nature
- power of humans
- puberty
- growing up
- Past and Present
- at the beginning, he is strong and not affected by anything
- at the end he is scared and strongly effected
- throughout, his emotions and his maturity changes
- an audience reading it now recognises the language
- emotional
- Form and Structure
- blank verse- unrhymed iambic pentameter
- regular rhythm
- change in tone throughout
- first person narrative
- enjambment and caesura
- heavy use of repetition
- Emotions
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