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WorksheetsThe Prelude
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Who wrote The Prelude?
William Blake
William Wordsworth
William of Orange
John Keats
What type of poem is The Prelude
Lyric
sonnet
epic
ode
What is the poem about?
Childhood memories of war
the abundance of nature
childhood memories of ice -skating
sadness in the city of London
Where is The Prelude set?
Scotland
Greece
London
The Lake District
What season is 'in the frosty season'?
spring
winter
summer
autumn
What does 'a time of rapture mean'?
time of great joy
time of sadness
time of breaking apart
time of playing games
'all shod with steel'
What does this refer to?
an iron
shields
mountains
ice- skates
'We hiss'd along the polished ice'
What device is being used here?
simile
metaphor
sibilance
personification
What is the extended metaphor used in the poem?
children as animals hunting
nature as a powerful ruler
pathetic fallacy to show abundance
autumn to represent that things come to an end
What kind of poet was Wordsworth?
modern
war
Romantic era
Victorian- era
What did Romantic -era poets celebrate?
Love and happiness
Industrialisation
Adventures
Nature, innocence and individualism
What did the Romantics dislike?
The Industrial revolution, logic and reason
Museums and statues
Cities and people
Love and romance
'not a voice was (a) '
'an alien sound of (a) '
What does melancholy mean?
anger
happiness
fruitiness
sadness
What could the 'alien sound ' mean?
Earth may be invaded
People may be going hunting as there are a pack of dogs
change due to the Industrial Revolution or the end of childhood
He can hear his mother calling
