extract from the prelude

• themes

  • nature
  • fear
  • power of nature
• context

  • william wordsworth
  • human vs nature
  • young boy steals a boat and becomes scared of the mountains
• quotes

  • lead by her
  • small circles glittering idly in the moon
  • with trembling oars
• structure

  • unrhymed
  • volta
  • epic poem
  • enjambment
  • personal experience
• compare to a poison tree