Stolen boat by William
Wordsworth (from The Prelude)
Key images and vocabulary
Subject:
English
Age groups:
15-16
Topic:
Poetry
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Stolen boat (from The Prelude) by William Wordsworth
Key images and vocabulary
Lines 1 to 7
a little boat
a willow tree
a chain
the shore of the lake
Key words to translate
summer
evening
found (to find)
to unloose = to untie
to push
an act = an action
stealth
troubled
pleasure
an echo
Translation
a rocky cove
a mountain
Meaning/Example
Lines 8 to 17
small circles in
the water
the moon
one track of
sparkling light
the stars
to row
Key words to translate
to glitter / glittering
to melt
proud
skill
unswerving
a line
the summit
the horizon
elfin
a pinnacle
the grey sky
a craggy ridge
Translation
Meaning/Example
Lines 17 to 24
oars
the silent lake
Key words to translate
Translation
a swan
Meaning/Example
to dip
rose / to rise
the stroke (of an oar)
craggy
steep
voluntary
power
instinct
to uprear = to rise up
Lines 24 to 34
a mooring-place
a huge peak
a meadow
Key words to translate
Translation
struck / to strike
to grow
stature = height
grim
a shape
to tower
a purpose
measured = slow
motion = movement
a living thing
strode / to stride
trembling / to tremble
to turn
stole = to move quietly
a covert
bark = boat
homeward = back to my home
grave / serious
mood
Meaning/Example
the shape of the huge peak
Lines 34 to 44
a brain
trees
the sea
the sky
Key words to translate
green fields
Translation
Meaning/Example
a spectacle
worked / to work
dim / undetermined = vague
unknown
o'er = over
my thoughts
darkness
solitude
desertion
familiar
to remain
pleasant
to trouble
dreams
The poet
 William Wordsworth lived from 1770 to 1850
 He is famous for writing poems about the Lake
District where he lived for a long time
 Stolen boat is part of a long autobiographical poem
called ‘The Prelude.’
 The lake in the poem is called Ullswater
Image attributions
1. A little boat: https://pixabay.com/p-931522/?no_redirect By Atranias public domain via Pixabay
2. A willow tree: https://pixabay.com/p-383098/?no_redirect By Markus53 public domain via Pixabay
3. A rocky cove: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/332722 By Derek Harper, creative commons via
Geograph
4. A chain: http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/Boat-Chain-741800 public domain via Max Pixel
5. The shore of Ullswater: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3932870 By David Dixon creative commons
via Geograph
6. Mountain: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4557392 By Peter Trimming creative commons via
Geograph
7. Small circles: https://pixabay.com/p-691620/?no_redirect By Unsplash, public domain via Pixabay
8. The moon: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_above_lake.JPG By Natubico (Own work)
[CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL
(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
9. One track of sparkling light: https://www.flickr.com/photos/3336/45421639 By Diego Torres Silvestre
creative commons via Flikr
10. To row: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boy_rowing_Turkey.jpg By shioshvili at Flickr (Flickr)
[CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
11. A craggy ridge: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/213592 By Bill Copland creative commons via
Geograph
12. The stars: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spruce-knob-lake-west-virginia-night-sky-stars__West_Virginia_-_ForestWander.jpg http://www.ForestWander.com [CC BY-SA 3.0 us
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
13. The grey sky: https://www.pexels.com/photo/trees-under-gray-sky-beside-glassy-water-29027/ By
Unsplash, creative commons via Pexel.
14. Oars: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PEO-oars.svg Phantom Open Emoji maintainers and
contributors [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
15. The silent lake: photo by R Wilson
16. A swan: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mute_swan_Vrhnika.jpg By Yerpo (Own work) [CC BYSA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL
(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
17. A huge peak: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trnova%C4%8Dko_jezero,_Magli%C4%87.jpg By
Dingoa (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
18. A mooring-place: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/812485 By Darren Dick creative commons via
Geograph
19. A meadow: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blumenwiese_bei_Obermaiselstein05.jpg By
Nikater (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
20. A brain: Brain: https://www.flickr.com/photos/flamephoenix1991/8376271918 by DJ creative commons
via Flikr
21. Trees: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/492115 by Linda Bailey creative commons via Geograph
22. The sea: https://pixabay.com/en/beach-sea-summer-holiday-1661720/ By fxxu public domain via
Pixabay
23. The sky:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appearance_of_sky_for_weather_forecast,_Dhaka,_Banglade
sh.JPG By Mohammed Tawsif Salam (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bysa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
24. Green fields: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_fields_in_Gramado.jpg By Anne
Valladares (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
25. William Wordsworth: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Wordsworth.jpg By nach einem
Gemälde von P.Krämer, herausgegeben von Friedrich Bruckmann Verlag München London. (Carte de
Visite - Foto 5,9 x 8,2 cm.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons