ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The oxymoron. ‘troubled pleasure’ suggests conflicted emotions-nature shows pure beauty but also power. Writing the Prelude – Wordsworth began. writing The Prelude in 1798, after experiencing homesickness when in Germany. It is a long autobiographical poem that is written in 14 books.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wordsworth uses an oxymoron to show that he feels some guilt for stealing the boat, but it feels good all the same. He feels as though nature has given I’m permission to take the boat. “Troubled pleasure” Wordsworth uses a simile to show how the boat moved gracefully and elegantly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Simile describes how the boat moves through the water, comparison to swan again linking with nature. He feels at one with nature. The horizon’s bound, a huge peak, black and huge, As if with voluntary power instinct, Upreared its head.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overall, the poem uses the lonely boy rowing a lake in the night as an extended metaphor for the feeling of stepping out of your comfort zone into a world that is greater than yourself. The poet uses pathetic fallacy to express the loneliness and powerlessness of the narrator.