the prelude

• about a child who stole a boat and rowed it into the middle of lake, and a mountain looks much bigger and it permanently changes how the boy see nature
• "troubled pleasure" oxymoron shows that he knows he shouldn't be stealing the boat but doesn't care as he wants to see nature. there's also a snse of arrogance as he thinks he's in control
• "reach a chosen point" still believes he is in control however nature has controlled into a place where it can show its power to him
• "struck again and again" nature is know showing it's true power and the voice now understands that he has no power over nature and that nature is actually in control of humans
• "like a living thing strode after me" personification gives nature power, the verb strode makes it seem to have complete power and control chasing after the speaker
• "there hung a darkness" the voice was originally in the dark about the power of nature but now understands how strong nature is.
• "troubles my dreams" nature is so powerful it is transcendent entering the dreams of humans and is able to change us for life.
• this poem is autobiographical and in first person, talking about previous memories which makes the poem more believable and shows the poets true belief in the power of nature
• the whole power is a single stanza, making it overwhelming to the reader, perhaps to show how the power of nature is overpowering for humans
• the author uses a cyclical structure to show the change was internal, not external. however there are slight changes to how the voice speaks to show the change that he has undeniably undergone
• nature is personified to show how while it is much more powerful than humans there are similarities
• the author uses repetition to show how massive the mountain truly is and that a human cnat compare anything to it as it is too big