The Prelude: Stealing The Boat Flashcards

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Who wrote The Prelude?

William Wordsworth, a Romantic poet.

When was The Prelude published?

In 1850, just after Wordsworth’s death.

What form is the extract from The Prelude?

Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter.

What does the boy do at the start of the extract from The Prelude?

Takes a boat tied to a willow tree and rows out on a lake at night.

In The Prelude, who is “her” in “One summer evening (led by her)”?

Nature.

Which oxymoron describes stealing the boat in The Prelude?

“troubled pleasure”

What rises up from behind the ridge in The Prelude?

A mountain peak, “black and huge”.

Which device presents the mountain as alive when it “Strode after me”?

Personification.

What are the main themes of the extract from The Prelude?

The power of nature, fear, guilt and memory.