The prelude

• what type of technique is "troubled pleasure"?

  oxymoron
• what does the quote "troubled pleasure" mean?

  sets a tone for the poem which combined awe and fear to convey the immense power of nature. Foreshadows the speaker facing an encounter with the power of nature further on in the poem
• "troubles pleasure"
• "little boat"
• what type of technique is "little boat"?

  A mythical lens
• what does the quote "little boat" mean?

  conveys a fairy like experience
• what type of technique is the quote "glittering idly in the moon"?

  rhetoric of magic
• What does the quote "glittering idly in the moon" mean?

  extends to his perception of the natural environment describing water ripples. This reminiscent of anger halos. He uses this as an opportunity to celebrate the childhood to believe and immerse yourself within magical realm.
• "Black and huge"
• what technique is "black and huge"?

  personification
• what does the quote "black and huge" show?

  as the poem progresses his feelings of magical awe are overwhelmed as he personifies the mountains as "black and huge" mountains that seemed to chase him. The adjective "black" and "huge" contrasts his initial fair tail, reverting him to a vulnerable child being berated by fear.
• what does berated mean?


  being told off
• what are words that mean magical?

  glorious, divinely
• "led by her"
• what technique is the quote "led by her"?

  personification of nature
• what does the quote "led by her" mean?

  femininity is often associated with gentleness and beauty, so "Mother Nature" lulled into a sense of security that nature is a compassionate entity.
• "huge and mighty forms"
• "grim shape"
• What does the quote "grim shape" mean?

  The vague noun "shape" presents Wordsworths inability to fathom or identify nature, its almost like nature is omniscient which over powers him making him feel belittled, that he's finding it so hard to describe the magnitude that power holds.
• who wrote the prelude?

  William Wordsworth
• where did William Wordsworth grow up?

  in the lakes district
• what happened to Wordsworths parents?

  They died and he got treated extremely bad by his relatives causing him to have mental health issues.