The prelude
Cards (35)
- What is the title of William Wordsworth's most famous work?
- How many versions of The Prelude were produced?
- When was the first iteration of The Prelude published?
- How many lines did the 1805 version of The Prelude contain?
- When was the final version of The Prelude published?
- What significant childhood memory appears in the 1799 draft?
- What region was Wordsworth born and raised in?
- Who did Wordsworth marry?
- What was a major influence on Wordsworth's poetic works?
- What age did Wordsworth attend grammar school?
- What is the small lake near Hawkhead that Wordsworth referred to?
- What literary movement is Wordsworth associated with?
- What themes are captured in the extract from Wordsworth's poem?
- How did the Romantics view childhood?
- What does the extract describe about the speaker's childhood?
- How does Wordsworth view nature in his poetry?
- What does the nostalgic tone in the passage reflect?
- What poetic form does the poem use?
- What is the base meter of the poem?
- What is anastrophe?
- What is a fronted adverbial?
- What does the verb "blazed" suggest in the poem?
- What does the phrase "clear and loud" modify in the poem?
- What does the simile "proud and exalting like an untired horse" convey?
- What does the verb "hissed" evoke in the poem?
- What does the phrase "not a voice was idle" suggest?
- What does the phrase "tinkled like iron" suggest about the boys' games?
- What does the phrase "alien sound of melancholy" imply?
- What does the term "nostalgia" refer to in the passage?
- What does the extract conclude with?
- What does the "orange sky of evening" symbolize?
- What does the "stars Eastward" represent in the extract?
- What are the key elements of Romanticism reflected in Wordsworth's extract?
- What are the poetic techniques used by Wordsworth in the extract?
- What emotional themes are present in the extract from The Prelude?