The Prelude
Cards (86)
- What is the title of the poem by William Wordsworth discussed in the study material?
- How many books comprise the epic poem The Prelude?
- What childhood memory does The Prelude center around?
- What realization does Wordsworth have about the mountain in The Prelude?
- What effect does the experience of rowing on the lake have on Wordsworth?
- What are the key events in the synopsis of The Prelude?
- When was William Wordsworth born?
- Where was Wordsworth born?
- What significant life events affected Wordsworth's childhood?
- What did Wordsworth develop a deep affection for?
- What literary movement is Wordsworth associated with?
- What did romantic poets like Wordsworth resist?
- What was the aim of the romantic poets regarding society?
- What was Wordsworth's intended three-part autobiographical epic called?
- What does The Prelude serve as in relation to The Recluse?
- What is the main conflict explored in The Prelude?
- In what poetic form is The Prelude written?
- What does the setting of the poem symbolize?
- What does the phrase "troubled pleasure" suggest about Wordsworth's feelings?
- How does Wordsworth personify nature in The Prelude?
- What does the active verb "heaving" imply about the speaker's effort?
- What does the mountain's rising symbolize in The Prelude?
- What does the phrase "huge and mighty forms" suggest about nature's impact?
- How does Wordsworth's use of first-person narration affect the poem?
- What literary technique does Wordsworth use to blur past and present?
- What is the structure of The Prelude?
- How is Wordsworth portrayed as a hero in The Prelude?
- What criticism is made about the heroism in The Prelude?
- What does the title "The Prelude" signify?
- What does the phrase "unknown modes of being" suggest about the speaker's thoughts?
- What does the phrase "call it solitude or blank desertion" imply about the speaker's emotional state?
- How does the poem depict the relationship between humanity and nature?
- What does the phrase "transcends mankind" suggest about nature?
- What does the phrase "transformative effect" imply about nature's impact on the speaker?
- What does the phrase "haunting" suggest about the speaker's experience with nature?
- What does the phrase "the horizon's utmost boundary" signify in the poem?
- How does the poem reflect Wordsworth's views on industrialization?
- What does the phrase "the grim shape towered up" suggest about the mountain?
- What does the phrase "grave and serious mood" indicate about the speaker's feelings after the experience?
- What does the phrase "no familiar shapes remained" imply about the speaker's state of mind?