The Prelude

• context

  • a boy steals a boat
  • encounters the beauty / power of nature
  • moment of self realisation
  • takes the boat back
  • lives differently from now on
• themes

  • power of nature
  • fear
• " one summer evening (lead by her) "
• " one summer evening (lead by her) "

  • happy / calm tone
  • beauty of nature
  • controls mood - powerful
  • repeated throughout
  • interpreted as mother nature
• " as i rose upon the stroke , my boat went heaving "
• " as i rose upon the stroke , my boat went heaving "

  • blinded by nature's beauty
  • underestimates the power of nature - not enough fear
  • believes he has the ability to control nature - naive to her power
  • possesive pronouns - power and controlling
• " with trembling oars i turned "
• " with trembling oars i turned "

  • nature is mysterious / dangerous
  • scared
  • was previously blinded by natures beauty
  • natures true power has been revealed
• comparisons

  • exposure
  • storm on the island
  • ozymandias