The poem. In Extract from the Prelude, Wordsworth describes stealing a boat when he was younger.He rows it out into a lake and sees a mountain which troubles him due to its sheer size. At the ...

from THE PRELUDE BOOK XI. O pleasant exercise of hope and joy! For mighty were the auxiliars which then stood Upon our side, us who were strong in love!

Poet Saeed Jones explores themes of gender and masculinity, sex and violence, power, history and memory in his debut poetry collection, “Prelude to Bruise.” Crafted over the course of nearly ...