the prelude stealing the boat
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- The prelude. Stealing the Boat
- William Wordsworth
- from the lake district inspired by natural world
- the most famous romantic poet
- typical of romantic poets, he explores the connection between nature and humans
- Structure & Form
- uses blank verse
- sounds serious and imortant
- iambic pentameter mirrors his heartbeat
- uses blank verse
- beautiful language about nature
- opening line
- "One summer evening"
- sets a warm and relaxed tone
- "One summer evening"
- Sibilance and assonance
- "leaving behind her still, on either side, small circles glittering idly in the moon"
- calm, soothing tone reflecting calm movement of boat
- opening line
- pride
- "proud of his skill" and "unswerving"
- hes assertive and arrogant
- "heaving through the water like a swan"
- a swan is a majestic creature but can be dangerous
- foreshadowing
- a swan is a majestic creature but can be dangerous
- "proud of his skill" and "unswerving"
- power of nature
- personification of mountain
- "upreaed its head"
- ugly image contrast with previous language
- "strode at me"
- the mountain is calm and in control
- "upreaed its head"
- repetition
- "the horizons bound, a huge peak, black and huge
- "huge" emphasises danger
- "the horizons bound, a huge peak, black and huge
- personification of mountain
- Fear
- "I struck and struck again, growing still in nature"
- he rows away from the mountain but it gets more in view
- sounds like a nightmare
- he rows away from the mountain but it gets more in view
- "I struck and struck again, growing still in nature"
- William Wordsworth
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