Poetry Anthology-Extract from the Prelude

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Who wrote the Prelude?
William Wordsworth
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How many lines does this poem have?
44 lines
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What is the form of this poem?
Blank verse
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Context
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Wordsworth believed in the beauty of what?
nature
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Who did he believe nature brought you closer to?
God
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What was the Prelude a way of Wordsworth writing a what?
an autobiography
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An autobiography about what?
his life
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It talks about his ______ and______for____?
connection
love
nature
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Message
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This poem show the what of nature?
power and beauty
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We may see the world as what in our youth?
a beautiful and peaceful place
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But as we grow up, we should realise what?
that it should also be feared
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Where is Pathetic Fallacy used in this poem?
all throughout
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At the beginning of the poem, nature seems to be a what?
a friend
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However, when the figure reaches the what?
the peak
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What happens to nature?
it becomes threatening
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What creates the imagery of a threatening figure?
a pathetic fallacy
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What emphasises the fact that nature is threatening?
that the mountain is chasing him
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What does this change in nature represent?
the change in Wordsworths understanding of nature
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What does he now understand?
that nature can be dangerous too if not treated with care
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By the end of the poem, the peak is a reminder of what?
what the real world is like
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Additionally, the boat may be a what?
a metaphor
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A metaphor for what?
for humans being tied to nature
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What does this show about mankind?
how dependent it is on nature
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What theme does this stress?
the power of nature
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What does this generate for the reader?
respect
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Respect for who?
nature
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What may the reader also feel a sense of?
sympathy
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for who?
the figure
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Why?
as the figure seems to have lost the innocence of childhood
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What is the form?
a blank verse
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How many stanzas does it have?
a single stanza
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What does this reflect about nature?
the power and order in nature
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What does this suggest nature has little of?
little order from the outside and within it
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Nature has its own______ and_____
order

purpose
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What does this make it unable for us to do?
nature is unable to be understood by us
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What may the single stanza represent about life?
the continuous flow of life
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Through what?
nature
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What emphasises this

What does nature never do?
never truly takes pauses or breaks
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The Prelude was a what?
an autobiography
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What may this represent about Wordsworth?
the flow of Wordsworths life
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What does this generate for nature?
respect
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What does this also help the reader understand?
the link between nature and Wordsworth
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What does it also help the reader to understand about nature?
that it is not comparable to anyone or anything
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What theme does this stress?
power of nature
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TIPS
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What must you always do throughout the poem?
LINK BACK TO THE QUESTION
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