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Danger Prelude Huge Peak Black I Found Boat

Front The Prelude
Back 'A huge peak, black and huge'

'I found A little boat tied to a willow tree'

'She was an elfin prince' -fantasy language to make the poem almost like an epic

'through the water like a swan' -the seemingly calm waters

'darkness, solitude and desertion' - semantic field of danger

'troubled pleasure' - an oxymoron of being aware of the danger yet continuing to explore further

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