Boat stealing

• 'I went alone into a Shepherd's boat.'
• 'that to a willow tree was tied.'
• 'Within a rocky cave, its usual home.'
• 'troubled pleasure.'
• 'Small circles glittering idly in the moon.'
• 'I fixed a steady view.'
• 'heaving through the water like a swan.;
• 'behind that rocky steep.'
• 'dipped my oars'
• 'I struck, and struck again'
• 'With trembling hands I turned'
• 'trouble of my dreams'
• 'stole my way Back to the cavern of the willow-tree.'
• 'a huge cliff, As if with vountary power instinct, Upreared its head.'
• 'In my thoughts There was a darkness'
• Boat Stealing: every line starts with a capital letter to demonstrate the power of both human pride and nature. It also emphasises the signifcance of this memory to the man.
• Boat Stealing: the poem begins with 'I went alone'. It opens with 'I' which demonstrates the arrogance and self-absorbed nature of the protagonist.
• Boat Stealing: enjambment demonstrates the everlasting effect which the memory has on the protagonist, and thus teaches the reader to stay humble and not oppose nature.
• Boat Stealing: written in free verse which reflects how humans feel we can do as we please.
• 'With measured motion, like a living thing Strode after me.' The simile suggests the writer is attempting to personify nature as equal to him, to reassure and empower himself.
• Boat Stealing- semantic field of light- 'glittering; sparkling light; stars' is stopped when 'the huge cliff rose up between me and the stars.' This demonstrates the severity of the conflict between the man and nature, and how his delusion and pride lead him into a dark situation.
• 'proudly rowed'