The Prelude

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The Prelude is William Wordsworth’s autobiographical epic poem that traces the growth of his mind and poetic imagination from childhood through adulthood.

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instanceOf autobiographical poem ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Growth of a Poet's Mind ⓘ
author William Wordsworth ⓘ
compositionEndDate 1850 ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1798 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
firstCompleteVersionDate 1805 ⓘ
form long narrative poem ⓘ
genre autobiographical poetry ⓘ
blank verse ⓘ
hasMainCharacter William Wordsworth (as narrator) ⓘ
linked to: William Wordsworth
influenced English Romantic poetry ⓘ
autobiographical long poems ⓘ
influencedBy Lake District landscape ⓘ
The French Revolution ⓘ
linked to: French Revolution

William Wordsworth's childhood in Cockermouth ⓘ
William Wordsworth's residence in France ⓘ
William Wordsworth's time at Cambridge ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
metricalForm blank verse ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableVersion 1805 text ⓘ
1850 text ⓘ
originalTitle Poem to Coleridge ⓘ
partOf The Recluse (projected philosophical poem) ⓘ
periodOfLiterature Romantic period ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
posthumousPublicationDate 1850 ⓘ
publishedPosthumously true ⓘ
setting Cambridge University ⓘ
France ⓘ
Lake District ⓘ
structure multiple books ⓘ
subjectMatter childhood and youth ⓘ
education ⓘ
growth of the poet's mind ⓘ
imagination vs reason ⓘ
memory ⓘ
nature ⓘ
poetic imagination ⓘ
theme creative process ⓘ
development of consciousness ⓘ
political disillusionment ⓘ
relationship between man and nature ⓘ
role of memory in identity ⓘ
spiritual growth ⓘ

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William Wordsworth → notableWork → The Prelude ⓘ
Composed upon Westminster Bridge → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Prelude ⓘ
William Wordsworth → notableWork → The Prelude ⓘ
subject linked to: Wordsworth
Daffodils → relatedWork → The Prelude ⓘ
Poem to Coleridge → originalTitleOf → The Prelude ⓘ
Poem to Coleridge → associatedWith → The Prelude ⓘ
Poem to Coleridge → laterRetitledAs → The Prelude ⓘ
Angel (The Prelude) → appearsIn → The Prelude ⓘ
subject linked to: Angel
Esthwaite Water → mentionedIn → The Prelude ⓘ