Quotes

• "Troubled pleasure"


  Oxymoron which creates a sense of guilt and shows that he's enjoying nature even though he knows he shouldn't be.
• "Act of stealth"


  Shows a secretive experience.
• "Small circles glittering idly in the moon"


  Creates a mystical tone which has connotations of romance, magic and relaxation.
• "With an unswerving line, I fixed my view"

  Shows he's ambitious and in control but creates a sense of distraction which highlights his sureness of his place in nature.

  
  

  Further shows how he's only noticing what he wants to see and is ignoring the darker and machiavellian side of nature.
• "Was nothing but the stars and the grey sky"


  Unequivocal tone which shows misjudgement and arrogance.
• "Elfin pinnace"


  Infers that nature is graceful and ethereal (creates an unrealistic and supernatural image of nature).
• "The horizon's bound, a huge peak, black and huge"


  The repetition shows he feels overwhelmed and intimidated. His clumsy use of language represents his naivety and foreshadows later events.
• "With trembling oars I turned"

  The volta literally and metaphorically shows his change in perception.
• "In grave"


  No longer overconfident and prideful.
• "Or blank desertion. No familiar shapes

  Remained, no pleasant images of trees,

  Of sea or sky, no colours of green fields"

  Incremental repetition shows the impact of his change of perspective and how nature has lost its vibrancy.