5/21/2023 0 Comments The prelude 1805![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The text used is that of the poem as first finished in its longest form in 1805. This earliest version, in its extent, general subject, and to a considerable degree in its episodes and phrasing, corresponds to the part of The Prelude printed here. Wordsworth had referred to it as "the poem on my life" or "the poem to Coleridge." The earliest passages in the poem go back to the beginning of 1798 the earliest and briefest version of the poem was completed, in two parts, in 1799-1800. The Prelude remained without a title until the poet's widow named it, shortly before publication. It was composed to accompany and form part of a more extensive and ambitious work, The Recluse, which was never finished. It had been completed in 1805, though revised on three occasions afterwards. 271] The Prelude was first published in 1850, shortly after the poet's death. ![]()
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