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The prelude: stealing the boat
● Context: William Wordsworth was a
romantic poet and interested in ideas
surroundings the Sublime and man’s
relationship with nature
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This metaphorical feminisation of
nature also makes it seem gentle and calm,
whilst “elfin” gives the sense that this
experience is like a fairytale for the narrator
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● “The horizon’s bound, a huge peak,
black and huge” - this very stilted and jarring
sentence contrasts the earlier language of
beauty and lyrical structure (which reflects
Wordsworth’s position as a Romantic poet
from the Lake District, where he was
surrounded by beautiful surroundings)
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This also shows
how his earlier confidence has been lost, and is instead replaced with the
metaphor of a great beast before him
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● “
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This
unsettling image helps us to empathise with the arrogant youth who appears
to have matured by the end of the poem
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This shows how
much the narrator has changed, therefore portraying his experience as very
powerful and moving
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● One of the key themes in this poem is the power of nature and how this can
cause fear due to its overwhelming stature
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exAM QUESTION
Q) Explore how the poet presents ideas surrounding fear in “The Prelude:
Stealing the Boat” by William Wordsworth and in one other poem that you
have studied

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