Extract from, the Preulde

• "A huge peak, black and huge"

  • huge peak = long vowel sounds, symbolise heaviness and dominance of mountains
  • black = connotations of evil and death
  • huge = repetition: nature has lost his articulation
• "She was an elfin pinnace"

  • she = mother nature
  • elfin pinnace = juxtaposes mountain description and beautiful like fairy tales
• "Troubled Pleasure"

  • oxymoron
  • troubled = hints at guilt later on
  • pleasure = human greed, enjoys taking advantage of nature??
• "no pleasant images of trees, // Of sea or sky"

  • no = lost confidence, permanent change in mental state
  • , = lost eloquence
• "(led by her)"

  • parenthesis = added in later after experience, realised he wasn't mentally in control
  • led = out of his control, lifts blame off of him
  • her = nature?