Extract from, The Prelude

Who wrote The Prelude?

• William Wordsworth
• Dorothy Wordsworth
• Percy Shelley
• Mary Shelley

Where is The Prelude set?

• Lake District

• Peak District

• Yorkshire Moors

• Blackmore Vale

Which movement did the poet of The Prelude belong to?

• Romantics
• Post-modernists
• Revivalists
• Metaphysical poets

How would you best describe The Prelude?

• Autobiographical
• Elegiac
• Biographical
• Dramatic monologue

What does the extract of The Prelude show about nature?

• It's powerful
• Man is more powerful than nature
• It's idyllic and peaceful
• It's boring

What is the form of The Prelude?

• Epic
• Lyric
• Ballad
• Sonnet

How is man presented at the start of the poem?

• Powerful and arrogant

• Weak

• Naive

• Vulnerable

How does Wordsworth describe nature at the start?

• Treats it with disdain

• Harshly

• Eloquently and with great beauty

• Plainly

When he sees the 'huge' peak, how does his language change?

• It doesn't

• He becomes regretful and more conscious of his past mistakes

• He continues to talk about its elegance and beauty.

• He becomes more vague and overwhelmed by its size and power

Why is the poem one long verse and full of enjambment?

• Because he just wanted to keep writing

• It just keeps going, leaving you breathless and overwhelmed, just like Wordsworth was

• It's because he keeps talking in great detail about its beauty.