English Literature / Unit 12 ENL 1128 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Prelude
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The idea
The Prelude, an autobiographical poem in blank verse subtitled Growth of a Poet's Mind, was addressed to Coleridge and revised for decades. Wordsworth never titled it, and it was published only in eighteen fifty, three months after his death. A two-part version dates from seventeen ninety-nine.
In practice
An epic of the poet's own mind.
Where people slip
Published only after his death.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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