The prelude

• "darkness and cold we flew"


  flew - freedom

  unbothered by the darkness
• "meanwhile, the preciples"


  meanwhile- volta change towards nature
• " leafless trees" 


  bare, barren
• "alien sound"


  unfamiliarity
• "orange sky of evening died away"


  death, loss of innocence
• "I heeded not the summons"


  rebelliouss
• "when the sun was set"


  foreshadows ending of things
• use of caesura 


  represents passion, breathlessness and excitement
• "it was a time of rapture"


  positive tone, and enjoyment when looking back
• "proud and exulting like an untir'd horse"


  wild and free
• Where did william wordsworth grow up

  lake district
• Who died in williams life

  his parents
• What did he believe about nature

  it could be a parent or teacher
• Analyse 'The prelude'


  prelude- an introduction

  could relate to childhood