Analysing William Wordsworth's 'Excerpt from "The Prelude"' (Part Two) - DystopiaJunkie Analysis
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- This video is the second part of my analysis of 'Excerpt from "The Prelude"' by William Wordsworth, which is part of the WJEC Eduqas English Literature Poetry Anthology.
TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR, THIS PART OF THE POEM IS THE ICE SKATING SCENE
Different GCSE exam boards look at different parts of the poem.
In this video, I finish analysing the poem (focusing on its language, imagery, and structure), discuss and explain its "Three M's", think about the themes it could relate to, and also provide you with an optional revision task! Hopefully that should be enough to help you with your GCSE English Literature revision!
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Definitely a poem about death. Not only is there the metaphorical death of Wordsworth's youthful naivety and his innocence within nature, but the last line also strongly hints at the literal death of his mother and the spilt that caused within his family that lead him to contemplate suicide
Hmmm I like the interpretation and analysis no doubt but I personally think what you mentioned at the end on the theme of death needed deeper analysis: the poem is very similar to death of a naturalist. As in the death (not literal) of the child's childhood and the alien sound of melancholy symbolises the call of growing up and becoming an adult. With adulthood holding unforgiving icy crags and leafless trees. And the twilight symbolising the brief period of childhood and finally the dying "orange sky" is the end of the "twilight" and now the child is no longer a child. Thank you for the analysis and tips :))
Good luck everyone ! Hope tomorrow goes well.
just watched all ur poetry videos today, they are fab much better analysis than my teacher
thank you for this video! It really helps a lot of people!
Thank you for the kind words - I'm glad that you appreciate the video 😊
Hey nice vid mate! Thanks for helping me understand this poem :D. Defo going to be watching more of your vids in the future. 🤣
'the hunted hare' uses assonance (i'm not sure if you could say assonance for 'h' but alliteration regardless) to connote how nature also contains hardships, augmented by how it follows the contrasting description of 'loud bellowing', indicating happiness. These hardships are further depicted in the phrase 'through the darkness and cold we flew' which implies how a part of nature is the potentially harsh conditions but the persona feels able to be undeterred by them from the preposition 'through' and the verb 'flew', highlighting that he is at this point used to the conditions that nature gives. This presents nature's role as a teacher, which is further significant from Wordsworth's lack of a parental figure which led him to nature.
This was initially just going to be about nature's role as a teacher from the part about the hare but then I started thinking and wrote a bit more.
Thanks for the great video as usual!
Really thorough analysis, with great use of embedded quotations and subject terms!
Your point about 'h' intrigued me, so I did some digging. 'Consonance' is probably most accurate, and alliteration is generally safest. Can definitely see why you were drawn to call it assonance (given that h is sometimes treated like a vowel, especially when not voiced), but given that the examples you chose definitely make the /huh/ sound, alliteration / consonance are more accurate here 😊
@@DystopiaJunkie Okay thx! Nice to know as well
Thank you so much for your analysis, really helped me understand the prom! :)
hi just my own interpretation the thing about “alien sound of melancholy” - i think your analysis has been taken wrong because if you read it fully it’s saying sadness is unknown to him because of his love for ice skating and winter and the change in tone could be because winter is finishing and it means he can’t ice skate anymore and he will be trapped in his grandparents house
Your teaching resources are fantastic. As a secondary English teacher, I would love you to cover Romeo and Juliet as part of your learning materials.
Thank you for the kind words - it really does mean a lot 😊 I'm slowly but surely preparing for my R+J series now, so hopefully I'll be uploading videos for it soon 😊
@@DystopiaJunkie i thank you from the bottom of my heart, your resources for students are just incredible and your eduqas poetry anthology resources have been the backbone of our online lessons, so again, I thank you and await with bated breath for Romeo and Juliet :)
Thank you so much for your analysis. Just studied this poem in school about 2 weeks ago and I didnt get it. But now - thanks to you - I fully understand the language and the poem and its context! But I just want to ask on advice on how to compile an essay from the poem. Any tips?
You're very welcome - happy to have been able to help you out.
With regards to how to write a poetry essay, some tips:
- You'll want an overview, 3-5 analytical paragraphs, and if you have time, a mini-conclusion.
- Overview: A tiny introductory paragraph that covers the meaning, mood, and motivation should be sufficient. Using an evaluative verb (if you don't know what that means, check out my video on verb choice) will help out here too.
- 3-5 analytical paragraphs: Using whichever paragraph structure you're used to, write at least 3 (5 is better) analytical paragraphs, making sure that one covers language, one covers imagery, and one covers structure. Try to make sure you're covering the start, middle, and end of the poem as you do this too (e.g. don't just write 3 paragraphs about the first line). If you want to talk about the OVERALL structure of the poem (vs the effect of one rhyme, for instance), I would make that your last analytical paragraph, as it would allow you to 'zoom out'.
- Mini-conclusion (not totally essential): wrap up your argument and key points so far, making sure that whatever you write directly answers the question. A personal comment can go here, but isn't essential.
Hope that helps!!
Hello there. Great video. Loved it. Have a nice day. Also, sinister instead of negative. Goodbye.
If you had to compare this to death of a naturalist, what would the differences be? they both discuss similar ideologies of nature, however if you had to write about the differences what would you write about?
Yes mannn this is helping
thx you it was helpful
Hi, can I ask what reflects Wordsworth’s positive relationship with nature at the start. Is it the ice? Thanks!
You could say lots of things do! Look at how he chooses to play outside and not listen to the calls to return home, or how he compares himself favourably to a horse!
@@DystopiaJunkie That's a really good point - and thanks so much for replying. I hope in time you'll make some videos for the English Language papers as well?
One day, maybe! Probably not this academic year (I've got A Christmas Carol to complete, and then a Shakespeare play to do in full), but it's something that I may cover next year, or even at some point after that. I enjoy literature an awful lot more, and there are so many texts to explore!
@@DystopiaJunkie oh literature is infinitely more enjoyable - no arguments there!
Instead of negative maybe the fearfulness of being forgotten- prevent through a time of high death rates.
last minute studying as well? exam in 15 hours lmao
@@rav1617 same good luck! Prediction is living space personally
@@raramber I HOPE IT ISSS
instead of sinister you could see nature as echoing man as it reflects the sadness of the children
Very nice idea! 😊
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