The Prelude – William Wordsworth

Fardad Hajirostami Guilty Conscience In his poem, The Prelude, William Wordsworth relives a childhood epiphany that alters his perception of constitution. Wordsworth describes this reckon of his through his voyage in a gravy gravy holder which later dramatically turns into a nightmarish journey. with use of suspenseful language, dramatic personification, and descriptive syntax, Wordsworth vividly illustrates his perception of disposition and how he views it with certain awe after he encounters a towering and dreaded forecast.The opening lines of the poem immediately personify disposition as having a feministic quality. When Wordsworth stumbles upon a boat and unloosens its chain, he describes this incident as an act of stealth and tumultuous pleasure. Wordsworth in a way foreshadows come-at-able dangers that are lurking in the near future ascribable(p) to his guilty moral sense. This guilty conscience can excessively be interpreted as a egress of the sexual seduction of nature and the boat as suggested by the agents syntax and tone.The authors mentioning of the boat as an elfin stonecutter and the exposition of how he lustily dipped his oars into the tranquil lake confirm the authors premature and coarse tendencies. Wordsworths attitude towards the relationship that he shares with the boat also infers a sense of egotism and overconfidence. He describes himself as one who rows, proud of his skill, to reach a chosen point with an unswerving line, with a unflinching view. Wordsworths syntax and his choice of the words firm, chosen and unswerving all further stick and emphasize his haughty youthful character.Later in the poem, when Wordsworth witnesses a monstrous black figure appearing on the horizon that seemed to acquire an utmost boundary, a sudden shift in tone and diction takes place. The authors seemingly control of nature and his sexual dominance is abruptly stolen away from him due to a symbolic black figure that in a way represen ts Wordsworths guilty conscience and childhood illusions. In addition, the author has lost his stoicism and proud skill in the way he paddles away with trembling oars. The incidence of this daemon figure completely transformsWordsworths tranquil and lustful relationship with nature into a dreadful and outlandish one. Wordsworths former intimacy with nature transforms to solitude and prevent desertion. The authors perception of nature contrasts with that of the Romanticists. The familiar shapes are no longer predominant and no pleasant images of trees or colors of fountain fields linger in the authors conscience. The authors anticipation of possible dangers that seemed needed due to the suspenseful nature of the poem did not compare to the achievement of such an episode.A key differentiation between the authors perceptions of nature preferably and later in the poem arises in the extent in which he personifies it. Initially, nature was illustrated as possessing an squashy qu ality and a mere existence. This connotation suggested that he controlled natures way and determined its fate. Later, however, this earlier notion of his is altered once a extensive peak, black and huge appears on the horizon. The voluntary position instinct of the figure implies that it has acquired unnatural and humanistic qualities and olibanum haunted the authors dreams.Wordsworths description of nature can be interpreted as Wordsworths childhood sexual fantasies with feminine figures small-arm the black figure symbolically represents religious oath of his hostel at the time. The morals and customs of the society in which Wordsworth lived in presumably disdained the sexual desires of the youths. Consequently, Wordsworth unconsciously fears the black figure and interprets it as a king that has come to punish his unfitting and lustful behavior.