The prelude

• Overview


  A man steals a boat then rows out and becomes scared of the mountains.
• Quotes-Power of nature


  "A huge peak, black and huge"-repetition

  "Strode after me" personification
• Quotes-Memory


  "a trouble to my dreams"-Imagery

  "There hung a darkness"-Personification
• structure+form


  Dramatic monologue which emphasises the significance of the event on his lifeDramatic monologue which emphasises the significance of the event on his life

  Blank verse showing how the event was chaotic

  although is has iambic pentameter showing his quick pace heartbeat.
• Comparison-power of nature


  Ozymandias

  They both underestimate the impacts of nature

  they are impacted in different ways: in the prelude they are impacted emotionally and in ozymandias the statue is impacted physically.
• comparison-memory


  Remains

  they both end up with PTSD in the end

  one is about nature and one is about war