As a few people have mentioned in the blog, memory is a major theme in Wordsworth's prelude. Particularly the connection between memory and nature. Wordsworth makes every little instance in his life sound so much more poetic and profound than I think most people could. The description of him sailing in the shepherd's boat at night sounded like something magical that would be in Harry Potter. Wordsworth's memories were a strange mixture of fantasy and reality, although even the fantastic parts sounded real. Real in the sense that when you're a child everything seems a lot more magical.Strange things that a logical adult would never think to be possible seem real to kids. Wordsworth also talks about the personal growth of his mind in this poem, and his discovery of solitude and his realization that he needs solitude and can find that solitude in nature. My thoughts on this poem are a little jumbled and messy because this poem (and most, if not all of Wordsworth's poetry) didn't really take the form of a typical narrative, but was much more free-flowing.
And, if you haven't yet: FILL OUT THE SETE EVALS! I want my extra credit! ;)
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