The Prelude
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- Created on: 28-07-19 14:52
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- The Prelude
- Metaphor "A little boat tied to a willow tree"
- The boat represents the man's adolescence and his dependence on nature/ his lack of knowledge of its danger
- Nature has restricted the boat/ the man
- Links the child to the parents (symbolised by the willow tree)
- nature is more powerful than humans and their creations (little) boat
- Humans rely on nature for resources
- He has no freedom, so he wants to break free
- The boy is little, like the boat
- The willow is 'weeping' like the parents wanting to keep the child close
- At the end, the bay is still anchored to nature/ parents
- Both the bay/ boat are easily manipulated
- Personification "The horizon's bound, a huge peak, black and huge, As if with voluntary power instinct unprepared its head"
- Paradoxical references- nature's power is instinctive, where as the power of the boy is learned from experience
- The mountain represents a predatory animal about to attack, intimidates/ frightens the boys
- It is like nature's revenge on the bay because he stale the boat
- Metaphor "The horizon's utmost boundary; for above was nothing but the stars and grey sky, she was an elfin pinnace
- Sky represents his changing feelings- isolation as he moves across the water
- The sky represents the sadness/ authority of his parents
- Blank mystery of the sky- intimidating for him
- the boat represents his escape from childish issues and also his reliance on childish literature for comfort/ imagination
- The horizon has a boundary he can't cross
- Listing "No familiar shapes, remained, no pleasant images of trees, of sea or sky, no colours of green fields
- Emphasises the build up of fear/ what the boy has lost in stealing the boat
- He learns morality- his world is 'destroyed'- no colour etc because of this
- Futility- he realises that he can't/ it is too soon to break free
- Life is precious- easily taken away by our foolish behaviour
- Metaphor "A little boat tied to a willow tree"
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