FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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Question
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The narrator attempts to climb the huge mountain
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The narrator is rowing closer to the mountain and its sheer size is being emphasised
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The narrator is describing the mountain’s fixed position
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The narrator is rowing away but the mountain appears to still be growing in size
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Detailed explanation-1: -In ‘Extract from, The Prelude’, there is a volta, signifying that the speaker’s view of nature changes from admiration to fear. At the start of the poem, nature is personified as ‘she led’ him to the boat. Personifying nature in this way makes nature sound enticing and almost seductive.
Detailed explanation-2: -Repetition demonstrates how he is beginning to try to go against nature. Even afterwards he continues to feel insignificant and cannot function as he normally would. There hung a darkness, call it solitude Or blank desertion.
Detailed explanation-3: -The simile comparing the boat to a swan signifies the beauty and elegance with which it moves through the water. This is a tranquil and beautiful image of nature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although undoubtedly narrating an actual experience, this extract is highly symbolic and reflects Wordsworth’s development as a poet. His voyage out on the boat, fixing his eyes on the ‘horizon’s utmost boundary’ could be read as a metaphor for his eagerness and enthusiasm for life and nature.