FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“Lustily I dipped my oars into the silent lake”
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“My boat went heaving through the water like a swan”
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“It was an act of stealth”
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“Proud of his skill, to reach a chosen point”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Be nothing better than a wandering cloud, I cannot miss my way.”
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -’ The goal of the poem is to demonstrate his fitness to produce great poetry, and The Prelude itself becomes evidence of that fitness.” It traces the growth of the poet’s mind by stressing the mutual consciousness and spiritual communion between the world of nature and man.
Detailed explanation-4: -She was an elfin pinnace. The combination of the archaic “pinnace” (a small boat) and its adjective “elfin” (small and delicate but also ‘elf-like’) is later contrasted with the “huge peak” to emphasise the powerlessness of the speaker in comparison to nature.