Epic · 1850
The Prelude
William Wordsworth
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Epic · 1850 · English · Romantic
The Prelude
The growth of a poet's mind, in fourteen books.
AutobiographyBlank verseMemoryChildhoodNature
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Epic turned inward: the 'spots of time' are the first sustained account of how a mind is composed by remembered shocks.
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