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- The blind man, who stands “propp’d against a Wall,” is a visual spectacle for Wordsworth’s speaker, who describes himself as “smitten with the view.” The portrait of the beggar that he provides emphasizes the blind man’s passivity and immobility; this man is “propp’d against a Wall,” his body “unmoving” and his face “fixed.”
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Oct 28, 2017 · Two passages in The Prelude (1805) to which Wordsworth attributes special personal importance are those that depict the Discharged Soldier and the Blind Beggar.
- Emily B. Stanback
- 2016
The prelude is significant because it sets the tone for the rest of the poem and provides insight into Wordsworth’s life and experiences. It also establishes the themes that are explored throughout the poem, such as nature, childhood, memory, and the power of the imagination.
Context of the Prelude. The Prelude was intended as the prologue to The Recluse, designed to be a three part epic poem, which he died never finishing. The fact he never managed to finish this work, which he wanted to rival Milton’s Paradise Lost, plagued him greatly according to letters.
Why and/or why not? • What makes college life a period of growth and transition? The Prelude is a poem both of the young man’s maturation and of his poetic education.
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Sep 12, 2012 · The topic of blindness figures in some of Wordsworth's most important poems, and is associated with central developments in his thought. The blind man, for instance, appears in a famous passage in ‘Tintern Abbey’; the Blind Beggar passage in Prelude VII is essential to the understanding of the poem; and Alan Bewell makes a good case for ...
