Plot

 Wordsworth Prelude is the kind of work that needs to be read multiple times in order to fully understand and appreciate every idea Wordsworth offers throughout the text. I will probably look back at this Prelude in the future and realise things that did not even occur to me on my first or second reading. One of the things that I find most interesting about this piece is that there is no "traditional" plot. Instead, Wordsworth seems to follow an inner/ mental logicwhere he introduces ideas about poets, youth, nature, and life.Although this piece is structured by only the actions of Wordsworth's ideas, it obviously follows what Wordsworth considers the development of poet's life as a poet. I believe that choosing this structure was perfect for this piece because it allowed Wordsworth to say everything he needed to say in a thoughtful manner. If he had decided to follow a traditional plot line, it would have been hard for him to say everything he did say while keeping an overarching tone.

As part of his development,Wordsworth talks about his time spent in London.  "How often  in the overflowing streets / Have I gone forwards with the crowd, and said/ Unto myself, 'The face of every one/ That passes me is a mystery .'" When I first read this, I automatically related with what Wordsworth said. This made the poem seem very timeless. The first line of this section has a footnote that states, "Wordsworth spent a few unhappy months in London in 1791." After reading that footnote I felt somewhat tricked. Wordsworth refers to his times in London often in his works and he has always had this fixed idea about it. Upon learning that he only stayed in London for a few months, I found his steadfast belief in the cruelty of the city to be somewhat premature and headstrong. I feel like a ew months in a place doesn't allow someone to know a certain place completely. one thing I liked about Wordsworth and his poetry was that he showed room for flexibility or change in his ideas. But there has yet to be a poem we have read in this class where he even second guesses his ideas about cities this made reading therest of book seven a little challenging for me because I was constantly questioning if I could trust Wordsworth as a narrator.