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WorksheetsThe Prelude - methods
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 54mins
Structure: Enjambment is when
the lines run continuously into the next
bars get dropped
the poet chokes
there's a hard beat
Language: 'pinnace' means...
a fairy princess
something like Gollum
dwarves
a small boat propelled by oars
Form: The Prelude is written in...
Rhyming Verse
Prose
Quatrains
Blank Verse
Language: 'My boat went heaving through the water like a swan' is an example of which two techniques?
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Animal Imagery
Language: 'Measured motion like a living thing' is an example of which two poetic techniques?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Symbolism
Language: ‘elfin’ means...
Like an elf, small and charmingly spiritedly, merry or mischievous.
Light sailing boat
Enthusiastically spirited
Sinister or ghastly character, repellent
Form: How is the poem written?
1st Person Narrative
3rd Person Narrative
Form: How would you best describe The Prelude?
Autobiographical
Elegiac
Biographical
Dramatic monologue
Form: What is the form of The Prelude?
Epic
Lyric
Ballad
Sonnet
Language: 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
Structure: What is the following an example of?
"...It was an act of stealth
And troubled pleasure"
Enjambment
Caesura
End stop line
Repetition
Language: What is the following an example of?
"As if with voluntary power instinct,
Upreared its head."
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Language: What gender is nature personified as?
Male
Female
Language: What is 'troubled pleasure' an example of?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Language: What is the following an example of?
"...between me and the stars..."
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Prepositional phrase
Simile
Structure: What is the following an example of?
"When, from behind that craggy steep till then"
Volta
Introduction
Metaphor
Repetition
Structure: Which structural device does Wordsworth use more of in The Prelude?
Caesura
Enjambment
Form: By starting the poem like it is a story, how did Wordsworth want his reader to feel about nature?
He wanted them to think it was funny.
He wanted them to feel intimidated by it.
He wanted them to be in awe and respect its beauty.
He didn't want them to feel anything.
