The Prelude

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