Extract from The Prelude Extract from The Prelude mind map
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Situation / voice
Pleasure becomes disturbance: Confidence changes through encounter
Remembering a younger self: Adult reflection frames youthful perception
Choices / patterns
The mountain seems to act: Perceived pursuit reveals fear
Scale reverses mastery: Human control gives way to smallness
Blank verse and movement: Flexible verse follows movement and thought
Development
After-effects matter: Encounter continues in imagination
Guilt and taking the boat: Furtive pleasure may complicate later fear
Interpretation
Romantic nature and the sublime: Sublime combines awe with fear
Worked comparison: Individual transformation versus collective exposure
The extract is not the whole poem: Episode's ending differs from whole-work conclusion
Connections
Situation / voice → Choices / patterns: Changed perception transforms apparent mastery into awe and fear.
