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POETRY - Excerpt from the Prelude

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'cottage windows through the twilight blazed'
How do we know that Wordsworth has a content homelife in the beginning of the poem?
emphasises happiness
What is the effect of the caesura in the line: 'I heeded not the summons: - happy time it was'
Highlights just how much happiness he has - he is ecstatic.
What effect does the word choice 'rapture' have in the poem?
'clear and loud the viallage clock toll'd six'
What is the example of possible foreshadowing amongst the happiness?
Wordsworth is joyous whilst he is skating, which is quite a natural sport when done in the mountains, suggesting that nature is connected to joy.
How would you link the sibilance of the skating to the theme of nature?
", not unnoticed,'' - separated by caesura
What 2 words indicate he is aware of the 'alien sound of melancholy', and how are they emphasised in the poem?
Single stanza, feelings are blending into one. Amongst the great happiness of the time he always felt the power of nature, which made him feel uncertain about things.
What metaphoric suggestion is made by the poem's structure?
Wordsworth was a Romantic poet (considered to be the best) who was fascinated by nature, and believed it could teach us all we needed to know about ourselves. The focus on nature is particularly relevant as at the time of writing the poem the world was in the throes of the industrial revolution, where science had taken over to the point of people becoming disconnected to nature and creativity. Wordsworth wanted to fix that.
How does the context of the poem support its message?
It's autobiographical. Wordsworth describes a scene from his childhood where he was skating in the Lakes District. He is having a geat time skating, playing 'chace', but also feels a strange sense of uncertainty when he stops to think about nature and its power.
What is the poem about?
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