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Exposure Plan:, extract from the prelude - Coggle Diagram
Exposure Plan:
Differences to prelude
In Exposure Owen uses a cyclical structure in his poem to emphasise that the change that took place on the journey was internal and psychological rather than external and physical. In contrast, in ‘The Prelude’, the writer portrays the poem as a external and physical change to the soldiers lives
Exposure, the men in the poem are at genuine risk of death whereas the man in prelude is not at risk from dying due to the nature
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Similarities
Another similarity between both poems is that nature is presented to be an escapable force throughout the poems.
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In both poems, natures personification is a feminine idea of “mother nature” which adjusts to the mothers role of creating and nurturing
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Rhyme scheme
The consistency of the rhyme scheme allows the fifth line to stand out, emphasising its message. The consistency of the rhyme scheme shows the monotony of war, as does the regular stanzas.
Owen builds rich imagery throughout the stanza and then the simple fifth line creates an anti-climax. This mirrors the way in which the soldiers must stay constantly alert, yet nothing ever happens. This highlights the futility of war.
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Structure:
Cyclical structure - last line of the first stanza is "nothing happens" connects end and beginning of the poem emphasising nothing has happened at that time.
in extract from the preluded it has one stanza this could show the overwhelming power of nature. no breaks or pauses causes the reader to feel breathless like him.
Ellipses - The first three lines end with (east winds that knive us...) to emphasise waiting and boredom of the soldiers.
The final stanza ends in the same way as the first, suggesting that even death hasn't changed, "but nothing happens"
Language:
But nothing happens - is a short, simple line which emphasises the boredom and tension which repeated. In the 5th stanza they could be possibly answering there own question by saying, "are we dying?".
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About
Extract from the Prelude
Conflict with nature set on a lake that the narrator goes out in a row boat but when he gets out onto the water he suddenly feels vulnerable to nature.
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Form:
Rhyme Schemes - allows the fifth line to stand out, emphasising the message.
first person narrative with the use of past tense shows that the speaker is recalling evets, that are close to him, and how its shaped his life
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extract from the prelude
What is it about? - Conflict with nature, set on a lake. The narrator goes out in a rowing boat but when he gets out onto the water he suddenly feels his vulnerability to nature and the large looming mountain which block the light.
The speaker's "little boat" symbolizes his innocent, magical, and naive attitude towards nature.
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context Because Wordsworth lived into his 80s, his life straddles several historical periods. The Prelude covers the early periods of Wordsworth's life, and are distinctly linked to the times he grew up in. Wordsworth spent his childhood in the Lake District, where he received a good education and was enamored with the natural landscape. As a young man, he attended Cambridge University and travelled extensively through Europe. In fact, he was in France during the French Revolution.
The lack of stanza breaks here remind the reader that this is a single, contained incident within a much larger work.
The Prelude is written in blank verse, or unrhymed iambic pentameter
The Prelude is written in blank verse, meaning it doesn't rhyme.
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