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The Prelude
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Cards (10)
'grey
sky'
Juxtaposition
of
previous
beauty
described
Foreshadowing
of events through pathetic
fallacy
?
'elfin pinnace'
Describes
the
simple
boat
as something
better
(links to
epic poetry
)
'elfin'
meaning
small
and
magical
Speaker
conquering
nature?
'lustily
, I
dipped
my
oars
into the
silent lake'
Symbolic of
man's
interference
with
nature
No
enjoyment
without
destruction
'little boat tied to a willow tree'
Shows man's
reliance
on
nature
'huge
peak,
black
and
huge'
Nature
proving to be
overpowering
and
powerful
Repetition of
'huge'
proves this
'craggy
ridge'
Overpowering
dominance of
nature
'craggy'
means rough and
uneven
Uneven
power
imbalance
of man and
nature
?
'measured motion
like a
living
thing'
Personification
of
nature
as it appears to be
after
him
'upreared
its
head'
Personification
making the
boat
seem to be
animalistic
Nature
defending
itself?
'glittering
idly'
Effortless
beauty
of
nature..
'idly'
Celestial
imagery
when paired with
'sparkling light'
Nature is
better
than humans
'No familiar shapes
remained'
View of
nature
has been
permanently
tainted
by his
experience