ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Prelude, in full The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind, autobiographical epic poem in blank verse by William Wordsworth, published posthumously in 1850. Originally planned as an introduction to another work, the poem is organized into 14 sections, or books.

Detailed explanation-2: -From The Prelude. Wordsworth’s great long autobiographical poem in blank verse (though it’s not without its flaws), The Prelude has many great passages, and this is one of the best, from the first book of the poem, describing the poet’s schooldays: Wisdom and Spirit of the universe!

Detailed explanation-3: -The two longest versions of the poem are thirteen and fourteen Books and around eight thousand lines long. One way of getting around this is to read the 1798 ‘Two-Part Prelude’. This is a much shorter sort of draft version, an embryo of the poem that Wordsworth was to develop over the next fifty years.

Detailed explanation-4: -An epic deals with actions, events and incidents, usually heroic or mythical. But “The Prelude” is not directly concerned with outward events, though they play their part. Its action takes place not in the outside world but in the poet’s mind. In fact, it is a modern epic.

Detailed explanation-5: -Epic Poem The Prelude has been written as an Epic Poem. These are lengthy, narrative poemsthat often focused around a heroic protagonistand the legendary events they were involved in. They can be considered one of the first forms of poetry.