Poetry Anthology - The Prelude

Who wrote The Prelude?

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

William Wordsworth was born in...

• the English Lake District

• London

• Cambridge

• Grasmere

Which movement did the poet of The Prelude belong to?

• Romantics
• Post-modernists
• Revivalists
• Metaphysical poets

'The Prelude' is ....

• fictional

• biographical

• autobiographical

What does The Prelude show about the poet?

• His spiritual growth
• His loss of innocence
• His hatred of nature
• His love for his wife

Complete the line from 'The Prelude': "happy time – a time of _______"

• happiness

• rapture

• excitement

• laughter

Complete the line from 'The Prelude': "We hiss’d along the polish’d ________.’

• land

• woods

• ice

• path

Complete the line from 'The Prelude': "The _________ sky of evening died away."

• night

• evening

• red

• orange

We are studying Excerpts of 'The Prelude', meaning it is a section of the whole poem 'The Prelude' which is classed as an....

• Ode

• Sonnet

• Epic poem

• Ballad

How is the poem written?

• 1st Person Narrative

• 3rd Person Narrative