Extract from 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth (GCSE Conflict)

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

What does the extract of The Prelude suggest about about nature?

• Nature is more powerful than man

• Man is more powerful than nature

• It's idyllic and peaceful

• Nature can help you feel better if you are upset

How does Wordsworth describe nature at the start of the poem in lines such as 'One summer evening (led by her) I found a little boat ties to a willow tree'?

• Nature is cruel, dangerous and cold

• Nature is loving and friendly

• In a tranquil, positive and peaceful manner

• Nature is dull, boring and uninteresting

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.

• It’s written like a story

When did Wordsworth live?

• 1770-1850

• 1870-1950

• 1670-1750

• 1950-1970

Which two quotations show he knows he is doing something wrong when he steals the boat?

• “Unloosed her chain”

• “Act of stealth”

• “It’s usual home”

• “Troubled pleasure”

”my boat went heaving through the water like a.......”

• Ripple

• Duck

• Swan

• Oar

What technique is used in “ upreared it’s ugly head”?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration