Wordsworth Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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This essay explores how the natural world is presented in 'Lines written in early spring' by William Wordsworth and 'The cold earth slept below'. Although comparison isn't assessed in this module, I have offered a limited comparison purely for conciseness. It explores language, form and structure in depth and uses contextual factors to back up the argument.

Context - Answer William Wordsworth is one of the most famous poets in the history of English literature. He was born in the lake district and his birth place had a huge influence on his writing. This is an extract from the first fourteen books that make up Wordsworth's poem 'The Prelude'. The book is called 'Introduction-Childhood and School-Time'. Although he never named it himself, since it was published 3 months after his death and was named by his widowed wife. Yet he always referred t...

What is the Prelude about? - Answer Wordsworth describes a summer's evening where he takes a boat out across a lake. At first, nature appears wonderous and enchanting but when the speaker sees a large peak emerge, the speaker is frightened and turns back. This haunts the speaker for years to come how many sections is the poem made up of? - Answer 14 what does the poem focus on? - Answer it focuses on Wordsworth personal/spiritual growth as he comes to lean about the universe and his place...

Summary of The Prelude (Extract) - Answer The Prelude is autobiographical and is a first-person account of experiences in Wordsworth's own life. Summary - Answer In this extract, Wordsworth describes a Summer's evening taking a boat out across a lake. At first, nature appears wondrous and enchanting. But when the speaker sees a large peak emerge, the speaker is frightened and turns back. The experience haunts the speaker for years to come. Key ideas - Answer Wordsworth explores the pow...

Detailed summaries of the Romantic poems by Blake, Wordsworth, Shelly, Byron and Keats studied for Edexcel English Literature A Level Paper 3: Poetry. Includes notes on every poem's speaker, tone, rhyme, rhythm, form, structure, themes, context and analysis. Includes suggestions of which poems to compare with which on which theme. Very useful for planning essays, for making flashcards out of, and for reading over before the exam.

'The Prelude' - Answer A 'prelude' is a type of introduction. This could symbolise Wordsworth's innocence and childhood that slowly starts to be corrupted and twisted into something more sinister. This means that the title could be seen as the beginning of new feelings or the end of old feelings. 'And in the frosty season, when the sun Was set,' - Answer The poem may start with the conjunction 'And' because the poem is an extract from 'The Prelude.' This means that there has been p...

What type of poem is The Prelude? - Answer An Autobiographical What type of poet was Wordsworth? - Answer A Romantic Poet. What does The Prelude explore? - Answer The connection between nature and human emotions and how human identity can be shaped by experience. What are the 3 feelings and attitudes within the poem? - Answer -Confidence. -Fear. -Reflection What language is used? - Answer -DRAMATIC LANGUAGE - threatening language becomes more intense as the mountain appears. -F...

London, 1802 - William Wordsworth - analysing the poem and background information.