Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE Cliff-Hanger_NP1 When_RRQ Matthew_NP1 Arnold_NP1 undertook_VVD to_TO publish_VVI a_AT1 selection_NN1 of_IO Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE poetry_NN1 in_II 1879_MC ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ guided_VVN by_II a_AT1 concern_NN1 for_IF the_AT poet_NN1 's_VBZ diminished_VVN reputation_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 belief_NN1 that_CST the_AT weighty_JJ corpus_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE poetry_NN1 needed_VVD to_TO be_VBI rescued_VVN from_II itself_PPX1 if_CS it_PPH1 was_VBDZ to_TO be_VBI rescued_VVN from_II undue_JJ neglect_NN1 ._. 
"_" He_PPHS1 is_VBZ not_XX fully_RR recognized_VVN at_II home_NN1 ;_; he_PPHS1 is_VBZ not_XX recognized_VVN at_RR21 all_RR22 abroad_RL "_" (_( x_ZZ1 )_) ,_, Arnold_NP1 lamented_VVD ,_, and_CC then_RT went_VVD on_RP to_TO propose_VVI his_APPGE remedy_NN1 :_: "_" To_TO be_VBI recognized_VVN far_RR and_CC wide_JJ as_II a_AT1 great_JJ poet_NN1 ,_, to_TO be_VBI possible_JJ and_CC receivable_JJ as_II a_AT1 classic_NN1 ,_, Wordsworth_NP1 needs_VVZ to_TO be_VBI relieved_VVN of_IO a_AT1 great_JJ deal_NN1 of_IO the_AT poetical_JJ baggage_NN1 which_DDQ now_RT encumbers_NN2 him_PPHO1 "_" --_JJ starting_NN1 with_IW his_APPGE "_" poems_NN2 of_IO greatest_JJT bulk_NN1 "_" (_( xx_MC )_) ._. 
Accordingly_RR ,_, Arnold_NP1 's_GE distillation_NN1 of_IO Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE "_" best_JJT work_NN1 "_" included_VVD only_JJ part_NN1 of_IO the_AT first_MD book_NN1 of_IO The_AT Excursion_NN1 --_NN1 the_AT story_NN1 of_IO Margaret_NP1 --_NN1 and_CC nothing_PN1 at_II all_DB of_IO The_AT Prelude_NN1 except_II21 for_II22 those_DD2 few_DA2 passages_NN2 that_CST Wordsworth_NP1 had_VHD himself_PPX1 published_VVN as_CSA short_JJ poems_NN2 ._. 
The_AT trend_NN1 of_IO critical_JJ opinion_NN1 through_II the_AT twentieth_MD century_NNT1 to_II the_AT present_NN1 has_VHZ ,_, of_RR21 course_RR22 ,_, amply_RR vindicated_VVD Arnold_NP1 's_GE belief_NN1 that_CST "_" Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE name_NN1 deserves_VVZ to_TO stand_VVI ,_, and_CC will_VM finally_RR stand_VVI "_" next_II21 to_II22 those_DD2 of_IO Milton_NP1 and_CC Shakespeare_NP1 (_( x_ZZ1 )_) ._. 
Indeed_RR ,_, matters_NN2 may_VM have_VHI gotten_VVN out_II21 of_II22 hand_NN1 if_CS we_PPIS2 accept_VV0 Stephen_NP1 Gill_NP1 's_GE assessment_NN1 that_CST "_" Wordsworth_NP1 is_VBZ now_RT enshrined_VVN as_CSA one_MC1 of_IO the_AT greatest_JJT poets_NN2 of_IO the_AT English_JJ tradition_NN1 ,_, Shakespeare_NP1 ,_, of_RR21 course_RR22 ,_, being_VBG the_AT other_JJ "_" (_( Landmarks_NN2 105_MC )_) ._. 
But_CCB this_DD1 result_NN1 has_VHZ not_XX come_VVN about_RP in_II the_AT way_NN1 that_CST Arnold_NP1 anticipated_VVD ._. 
True_JJ ,_, The_AT Excursion_NN1 still_RR tends_VVZ to_TO be_VBI treated_VVN as_CSA excess_JJ baggage_NN1 and_CC Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE late_JJ work_NN1 in_RR21 general_RR22 remains_VVZ largely_RR unread_JJ ,_, also_RR in_II31 keeping_II32 with_II33 Arnold_NP1 's_GE editorial_JJ program_NN1 ._. 
On_II the_AT other_JJ hand_NN1 ,_, there_EX can_VM be_VBI little_RR doubt_VV0 that_CST Ernest_NP1 de_NP1 Selincourt_NP1 's_GE 1926_MC publication_NN1 of_IO the_AT 1805_MC text_NN1 of_IO The_AT Prelude_NN1 together_RL with_IW the_AT 1850_MC text_NN1 in_II a_AT1 facing_JJ page_NN1 critical_JJ edition_NN1 proved_VVD crucial_JJ to_II the_AT process_NN1 of_IO making_VVG Wordsworth_NP1 "_" possible_JJ and_CC receivable_JJ as_II a_AT1 classic_NN1 "_" for_IF a_AT1 latter-day_JJ readership_NN1 ._. 
Already_RR in_II 1930_MC ,_, Herbert_NP1 Read_NP1 could_VM assert_VVI in_II his_APPGE critical-biographical_JJ study_NN1 ,_, "_" The_AT Prelude_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 great_JJ poem_NN1 ;_; upon_II its_APPGE greatness_NN1 we_PPIS2 base_VV0 the_AT claim_NN1 of_IO Wordsworth_NP1 to_TO be_VBI considered_VVN as_CSA one_MC1 of_IO our_APPGE major_JJ poets_NN2 "_" (_( 13_MC )_) ,_, a_AT1 statement_NN1 for_IF which_DDQ one_PN1 would_VM be_VBI hard-pressed_JJ to_TO find_VVI an_AT1 equivalent_JJ in_II earlier_JJR commentary_NN1 ._. 
Today_RT ,_, by_II contrast_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 requires_VVZ a_AT1 measure_NN1 of_IO historical_JJ perspective_NN1 just_RR to_TO recognize_VVI that_CST Read_VVD was_VBDZ actually_RR arguing_VVG a_AT1 case_NN1 that_CST he_PPHS1 felt_VVD needed_VVN arguing_VVG and_CC not_XX simply_RR intoning_VVG critical_JJ platitudes_NN2 ,_, so_RG much_DA1 do_VD0 we_PPIS2 now_RT take_VVI for_IF granted_VVN the_AT centrality_NN1 of_IO The_AT Prelude_NN1 to_II our_APPGE understanding_NN1 of_IO Wordsworth_NP1 and_CC the_AT centrality_NN1 of_IO Wordsworth_NP1 to_II our_APPGE understanding_NN1 of_IO Romanticism_NN1 and_CC Romantic_JJ autobiography_NN1 --_NN1 at_RR21 least_RR22 within_II the_AT context_NN1 of_IO English_JJ studies_NN2 ._. 
We_PPIS2 do_VD0 well_RR to_TO remember_VVI ,_, however_RR ,_, that_CST Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE own_DA attitude_NN1 toward_II The_AT Prelude_NN1 was_VBDZ complexly_RR equivocal_JJ ._. 
On_II the_AT one_MC1 hand_NN1 ,_, by_II the_AT poet_NN1 's_GE own_DA wellknown_JJ account_NN1 in_II his_APPGE preface_NN1 to_II The_AT Excursion_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 had_VHD only_RR undertaken_VVN "_" to_TO record_VVI ,_, in_II verse_NN1 ,_, the_AT origin_NN1 and_CC progress_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE own_DA powers_NN2 "_" in_BCL21 order_BCL22 to_TO see_VVI whether_CSW he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ "_" qualified_VVN "_" to_TO "_" construct_VVI a_AT1 literary_JJ Work_NN1 that_CST might_VM live_VVI "_" --_NN1 by_II which_DDQ he_PPHS1 meant_VVD not_XX The_AT Prelude_NN1 but_CCB "_" a_AT1 philosophical_JJ poem_NN1 ,_, containing_VVG views_NN2 of_IO Man_NN1 ,_, Nature_NN1 and_CC Society_NN1 ;_; and_CC to_TO be_VBI entitled_VVN ,_, The_AT Recluse_NP1 "_" (_( Excursion_NN1 2_MC )_) ._. 
If_CS for_IF today_RT 's_GE readers_NN2 ,_, and_CC in_RR21 part_RR22 because_II21 of_II22 Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE example_NN1 ,_, autobiography_NN1 is_VBZ an_AT1 entirely_RR normative_JJ literary_JJ form_NN1 ,_, for_IF Wordsworth_NP1 it_PPH1 was_VBDZ "_" a_AT1 thing_NN1 unprecedented_JJ in_II Literary_JJ history_NN1 that_CST a_AT1 man_NN1 should_VM talk_VVI so_RG much_DA1 about_II himself_PPX1 ,_, "_" and_CC the_AT expression_NN1 ,_, as_CSA he_PPHS1 confessed_VVD in_II a_AT1 letter_NN1 of_IO 1805_MC to_II George_NP1 Beaumont_NP1 ,_, of_IO a_AT1 "_" defect_NN1 "_" in_II his_APPGE writings_NN2 which_DDQ he_PPHS1 had_VHD been_VBN unable_JK to_TO remedy_VVI :_: "_" The_AT fault_NN1 lies_VVZ too_RG deep_RR ,_, and_CC is_VBZ in_II the_AT first_MD conception_NN1 "_" (_( Letters_NN2 I_PPIS1 ,_, 586_MC -_- 7_MC )_) ._. 
"_" &lsqb;_( I_ZZ1 &rsqb;_) t_ZZ1 seems_VVZ a_AT1 frightful_JJ deal_NN1 to_TO say_VVI about_II one_PN1 's_GE self_NN1 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 had_VHD written_VVN the_AT year_NNT1 before_RT in_II somewhat_RR less_RGR somber_JJ tones_NN2 to_II Richard_NP1 Sharp_NP1 ,_, "_" and_CC of_RR21 course_RR22 will_VM never_RR be_VBI published_VVN (_( during_II my_APPGE lifetime_NNT1 ,_, I_PPIS1 mean_VV0 )_) ,_, till_CS another_DD1 work_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN written_VVN and_CC published_VVN ,_, of_IO sufficient_JJ importance_NN1 to_TO justify_VVI me_PPIO1 in_II giving_VVG my_APPGE own_DA history_NN1 to_II the_AT world_NN1 "_" (_( Letters_NN2 I_PPIS1 ,_, 470_MC )_) ._. 
Moreover_RR ,_, the_AT conclusion_NN1 to_II The_AT Prelude_NN1 itself_PPX1 ,_, addressed_VVN in_II the_AT first_MD instance_NN1 to_II Coleridge_NP1 ,_, articulates_VVZ a_AT1 similar_JJ concern_NN1 :_: Whether_CSW to_TO me_PPIO1 shall_VM be_VBI allotted_VVN life_NN1 ,_, And_CC with_IW life_NN1 power_NN1 to_TO accomplish_VVI aught_PN1 of_IO worth_II Sufficient_JJ to_TO excuse_VVI me_PPIO1 in_II men_NN2 's_GE sight_NN1 For_IF having_VHG given_VVN this_DD1 record_NN1 of_IO myself_PPX1 ,_, Is_VBZ all_DB uncertain_JJ &hellip;_... (_( 1805_MC ,_, XIII_MC ,_, 386_MC -_- 90_MC )_) ._. 
Both_DB2 "_" plunderer_NN1 ,_, "_" as_CSA previously_RR noted_VVN ,_, and_CC "_" Where'er/The_FU mother-bird_NN1 had_VHD built_VVN her_APPGE lodge_NN1 "_" are_VBR 1805_MC revisions_NN2 ,_, and_CC together_RL they_PPHS2 are_VBR calculated_VVN to_TO bring_VVI out_RP what_DDQ Ellis_NP1 calls_VVZ "_" the_AT predatory_JJ element_NN1 in_II the_AT boy_NN1 's_GE vigour_NN1 "_" (_( 41_MC )_) and_CC to_TO identify_VVI its_APPGE target_NN1 ._. 
Especially_RR if_CS we_PPIS2 juxtapose_VV0 "_" Where'er_JJR &hellip;_... the_AT mother-bird_NN1 had_VHD built_VVN her_APPGE lodge_NN1 "_" with_IW another_DD1 addition_NN1 of_IO 1805_MC ,_, this_DD1 time_NNT1 to_II the_AT end_NN1 of_IO the_AT verse-paragraph_NN1 recalling_VVG Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE earliest_JJT years_NNT2 in_II Cockermouth_NP1 --_NN1 As_CS21 if_CS22 I_PPIS1 had_VHD been_VBN born_VVN On_II Indian_JJ plains_NN2 and_CC from_II my_APPGE mother_NN1 's_GE hut_NN1 Had_VHD run_VVN abroad_RL in_II wantonness_NN1 to_II sport_NN1 ._. 
(_( 1805_MC ,_, I_PPIS1 ,_, 301_MC -_- 3_MC )_) ._. 
--_NN1 the_AT symbolic_JJ significance_NN1 of_IO the_AT nest_NN1 "_" among_II the_AT mountains_NN2 and_CC the_AT winds_NN2 "_" emerges_VVZ strongly_RR ._. 
Mother-bird_NN1 (_( both_DB2 absent_JJ and_CC predatory_JJ )_) ,_, aerial_NN1 nest_NN1 ,_, and_CC "_" unfledged_JJ raven_NN1 "_" (_( not_XX named_VVN as_CSA such_DA but_CCB implicated_VVD in_II the_AT overdetermined_JJ reference_NN1 to_II the_AT boy_NN1 's_GE "_" mean_JJ object_NN1 "_" )_) appear_VV0 as_RG totemic_JJ transfigurations_NN2 of_IO the_AT original_JJ configuration_NN1 of_IO mother_NN1 ,_, child_NN1 and_CC sheltering_VVG structure_NN1 (_( itself_PPX1 in_II a_AT1 supplementary_JJ relation_NN1 to_II the_AT maternal_JJ body_NN1 )_) ._. 
The_AT familiar_JJ place_NN1 of_IO origin_NN1 is_VBZ removed_VVN to_II a_AT1 zone_NN1 of_IO hyperbolic_JJ remoteness_NN1 ,_, at_RR21 once_RR22 more_RGR guarded_JJ ,_, more_RGR exposed_JJ ,_, and_CC more_RRR charged_VVN with_IW "_" danger_NN1 and_CC desire_NN1 ,_, "_" a_AT1 spectral_JJ birthplace_NN1 to_II which_DDQ the_AT boy_NN1 would_VM return_VVI as_II plunderer_NN1 in_II order_NN1 to_II actively_RR and_CC from_II a_AT1 position_NN1 of_IO mastery_NN1 enact_VV0 a_AT1 severance_NN1 which_DDQ has_VHZ in_II fact_NN1 already_RR been_VBN brought_VVN about_RP by_II the_AT mother_NN1 's_GE death_NN1 ._. 
That_REX21 is_REX22 ,_, the_AT unfledged_JJ raven_NN1 that_CST the_AT boy_NN1 takes_VVZ from_II its_APPGE nest_NN1 represents_VVZ an_AT1 earlier_JJR version_NN1 of_IO himself_PPX1 from_II which_DDQ he_PPHS1 seeks_VVZ to_TO differentiate_VVI himself_PPX1 by_II placing_VVG it_PPH1 under_II his_APPGE destructive_JJ control_NN1 ._. 
Thus_RR far_RR I_PPIS1 have_VH0 sought_VVN to_TO elucidate_VVI the_AT significance_NN1 of_IO the_AT nest-robbing_JJ episode_NN1 by_II considering_VVG it_PPH1 in_II the_AT context_NN1 of_IO the_AT The_AT Prelude_NN1 's_GE early_RR textual_JJ history_NN1 and_CC some_DD of_IO what_DDQ we_PPIS2 know_VV0 ,_, whether_CSW from_II the_AT The_AT Prelude_NN1 itself_PPX1 or_CC from_II other_JJ sources_NN2 ,_, about_II Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE early_JJ years_NNT2 ._. 
In_II drawing_VVG out_RP a_AT1 specific_JJ psychological_JJ subtext_NN1 ,_, my_APPGE orientation_NN1 has_VHZ necessarily_RR been_VBN thematic_JJ ,_, but_CCB my_APPGE main_JJ concern_NN1 is_VBZ less_RRR with_IW this_DD1 thematic_JJ material_NN1 per_RR21 se_RR22 than_CSN with_IW the_AT transferential_JJ structure_NN1 of_IO substitutions_NN2 ,_, displacements_NN2 and_CC condensations_NN2 which_DDQ organize_VV0 it_PPH1 ._. 
This_DD1 structure_NN1 both_RR informs_VVZ and_CC is_VBZ specifically_RR exceeded_VVN by_II the_AT remarkable_JJ narrative_JJ choreography_NN1 of_IO the_AT nest-robbing_JJ episode_NN1 ,_, its_APPGE disequilibriating_JJ performance_NN1 of_IO "_" the_AT autobiographical_JJ moment_NN1 ,_, "_" as_CSA that_DD1 performance_NN1 passes_VVZ through_II a_AT1 scene_NN1 of_IO precariously_RR arrested_VVN movement_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 scene_NN1 framed_VVN in_II the_AT suspended_JJ dependent_JJ clause_NN1 that_CST extends_VVZ from_II "_" Oh_UH ,_, when_CS I_PPIS1 have_VH0 hung/Above_JJ the_AT raven_NN1 's_GE nest_NN1 "_" to_II "_" oh_UH ,_, at_II that_DD1 time/While_NNT1 on_II the_AT perilous_JJ ridge_NN1 I_PPIS1 hung_VVD alone_RR ._. "_" 
I_PPIS1 began_VVD by_II asking_VVG about_II the_AT significance_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 scene_NN1 both_RR as_II a_AT1 figural_JJ pattern_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 region_NN1 of_IO grammatical_JJ disturbance_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 now_RT return_VV0 to_II that_DD1 question_NN1 as_II part_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 more_RGR expanded_JJ consideration_NN1 of_IO the_AT nest-robbing_JJ episode_NN1 as_CSA exemplifying_VVG The_AT Prelude_NN1 's_GE narrative_JJ art_NN1 ._. 
Considered_VVN as_II an_AT1 elementary_JJ narrative_JJ unit_NN1 ,_, the_AT recounting_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 single_JJ event_NN1 that_CST is_VBZ then_RT articulated_VVN with_IW other_JJ units_NN2 into_II a_AT1 complex_JJ narrative_JJ structure_NN1 (_( in_II the_AT case_NN1 of_IO The_AT Prelude_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 structure_NN1 whose_DDQGE complexity_NN1 grows_VVZ exponentially_RR as_CSA we_PPIS2 move_VV0 from_II MS_NNB JJ_NP1 of_IO 1798_MC to_II the_AT "_" Two-Part_JJ Prelude_NN1 "_" of_IO 1799_MC to_II the_AT "_" Five-Book_NP1 Prelude_NN1 "_" of_IO 180415_MC to_II the_AT thirteen-book_JJ version_NN1 of_IO 1805_MC ,_, while_CS always_RR conceived_VVN ,_, in_II principle_NN1 ,_, as_CSA in_II turn_NN1 fitting_VVG into_II the_AT still_JJ higher-order_JJ complexity_NN1 of_IO The_AT Recluse_NN1 )_) ,_, the_AT nest-robbing_JJ episode_NN1 is_VBZ notable_JJ ,_, even_RR by_II Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE standards_NN2 ,_, for_IF the_AT sheer_JJ minimalism_NN1 of_IO the_AT plotted_JJ action_NN1 ._. 
Compared_VVN ,_, for_REX21 example_REX22 ,_, with_IW its_APPGE companion_NN1 piece_NN1 ,_, the_AT woodcock-snaring_JJ episode_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 lacks_VVZ the_AT most_RGT basic_JJ of_IO dramatic_JJ articulations_NN2 :_: a_AT1 mounting_JJ action_NN1 (_( "_" On_II the_AT heights/Scudding_FU way_NN1 from_II snare_NN1 to_II snare/I_FU plied_VVN my_APPGE anxious_JJ visitation_NN1 &hellip;_... "_" &lsqb;_( 1805_MC ,_, 1_MC1 ,_, 318_MC -_- 9_MC &rsqb;_) )_) ;_; a_AT1 climactic_JJ event_NN1 or_CC deed_NN1 that_CST serves_VVZ as_II a_AT1 turning_JJ point_NN1 (_( "_" Sometimes_RT it_PPH1 befell/In_FU these_DD2 night_NNT1 wanderings_NN2 that_CST a_AT1 strong_JJ desire/O'erpowered_FU my_APPGE better_JJR reason_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT bird/Which_FU was_VBDZ the_AT captive_NN1 of_IO another_DD1 's_VBZ toils/Became_FU my_APPGE prey_NN1 "_" &lsqb;_( 1805_MC ,_, I_PPIS1 ,_, 324_MC -_- 8_MC &rsqb;_) )_) ;_; and_CC an_AT1 aftermath_NN1 (_( "_" and_CC when_CS the_AT deed_NN1 was_VBDZ done/I_FU heard_VVN among_II the_AT solitary_JJ hills/Low_FU breathings_NN2 coming_VVG after_II me_PPIO1 "_" &lsqb;_( 1805_MC ,_, I_PPIS1 ,_, 328_MC -_- 30_MC &rsqb;_) )_) ._. 
Similar_JJ comparisons_NN2 could_VM be_VBI made_VVN with_IW virtually_RR all_DB of_IO the_AT other_JJ major_JJ spots_NN2 of_IO time_NNT1 ._. 
What_DDQ we_PPIS2 have_VH0 rather_RR in_II the_AT nest-robbing_JJ scene_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 single_JJ ,_, strongly_RR foregrounded_JJ scene_NN1 of_IO high_JJ drama_NN1 ;_; not_XX a_AT1 climactic_JJ event_NN1 ,_, though_CS ,_, but_CCB an_AT1 acute_JJ interval_NN1 of_IO suspense_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 literal_JJ cliff-hanger_NN1 ._. 
In_II this_DD1 regard_NN1 ,_, as_II de_NP1 Man_NN1 recognized_VVD ,_, it_PPH1 resembles_VVZ most_RGT closely_RR the_AT suspended_JJ anticlimax_NN1 (_( "_" that_DD1 silence_NN1 while_CS he_PPHS1 hung_VVD listening_VVG "_" )_) of_IO "_" There_RL was_VBDZ a_AT1 boy_NN1 ,_, "_" though_CS here_RL too_RR there_EX are_VBR important_JJ structural_JJ differences_NN2 :_: "_" There_EX was_VBDZ a_AT1 boy_NN1 "_" is_VBZ again_RT a_AT1 much_RR more_RGR articulated_JJ narrative_NN1 ,_, while_CS in_II the_AT nest-robbing_JJ passage_NN1 ,_, as_CSA indicated_VVN ,_, the_AT interval_NN1 of_IO suspense_NN1 materializes_VVZ ,_, as_RR31 it_RR32 were_RR33 ,_, in_II an_AT1 actual_JJ physical_JJ predicament_NN1 ._. 
This_DD1 is_VBZ by_RR31 no_RR32 means_RR33 a_AT1 simply_RR negative_JJ or_CC threatening_VVG moment_NN1 though_CS ,_, however_RGQV unsettling_JJ of_IO the_AT project_NN1 of_IO autobiographical_JJ self-constitution_NN1 ._. 
For_IF the_AT true_JJ wonder_NN1 of_IO the_AT passage_NN1 is_VBZ that_CST it_PPH1 does_VDZ not_XX end_VVI here_RL ,_, but_CCB discovers_VVZ within_II the_AT precariousness_NN1 of_IO its_APPGE situation_NN1 new_JJ reaches_NN2 of_IO apprehension_NN1 ._. 
Just_RR as_CSA the_AT scene_NN1 of_IO suspension_NN1 emerges_VVZ from_II the_AT interaction_NN1 between_II the_AT cliff-face_NN1 as_CSA resistant_JJ ground_NN1 and_CC the_AT arrested_JJ movement_NN1 of_IO the_AT human_JJ figure_NN1 that_CST traverses_VVZ its_APPGE surface_NN1 ,_, so_RR now_RT the_AT "_" strange_JJ utterance_NN1 "_" of_IO the_AT wind_NN1 is_VBZ produced_VVN out_II21 of_II22 the_AT interaction_NN1 between_II the_AT arrested_JJ body_NN1 and_CC the_AT rush_NN1 of_IO the_AT "_" loud_JJ dry_JJ wind_NN1 "_" that_CST blows_VVZ "_" through_II my_APPGE ears_NN2 ._. "_" 
For_IF while_CS seeming_VVG to_TO come_VVI from_II a_AT1 distance_NN1 ,_, the_AT "_" strange_JJ utterance_NN1 "_" would_VM in_II fact_NN1 be_VBI propagated_VVN from_II within_II the_AT recesses_NN2 of_IO the_AT ear_NN1 ,_, like_II the_AT "_" sound_NN1 of_IO the_AT sea_NN1 "_" one_PN1 hears_VVZ when_RRQ one_PN1 holds_VVZ a_AT1 shell_NN1 to_II one_PN1 's_GE ear_NN1 ,_, and_CC which_DDQ in_II the_AT dream_NN1 passage_NN1 of_IO Book_NN1 V_II Wordsworth_NP1 describes_VVZ as_II another_DD1 kind_NN1 of_IO "_" strange_JJ utterance_NN1 "_" :_: "_" An_AT1 ode_NN1 in_II passion_NN1 uttered_VVN "_" (_( 97_MC )_) "_" in_II an_AT1 unknown_JJ tongue_NN1 ,_, /Which_FU yet_RR I_PPIS1 understood_VVD "_" (_( 94_MC -_- 5_MC )_) ._. 
Thus_RR the_AT prepositional_JJ uncertainties_NN2 of_IO "_" With_IW what_DDQ strange_JJ utterance_NN1 did_VDD the_AT loud_JJ dry_JJ wind/Blow_NN1 through_II my_APPGE ears_NN2 !_! "_" as_CSA the_AT phrase_NN1 oscillates_VVZ between_II identifying_VVG the_AT suspended_JJ ear_NN1 as_II a_AT1 locus_NN1 of_IO perception_NN1 or_CC ,_, more_RGR strangely_RR ,_, as_CSA the_AT instrumental_JJ channel_NN1 through_II which_DDQ the_AT wind_NN1 blows_NN2 ,_, generating_JJ utterance_NN1 ._. 
That_DD1 what_DDQ is_VBZ heard_VVN is_VBZ named_VVN not_XX simply_RR as_CSA sound_NN1 ,_, but_CCB "_" utterance_NN1 "_" signals_VVZ that_CST the_AT boy_NN1 's_GE awareness_NN1 is_VBZ becoming_VVG oriented_VVD toward_II a_AT1 different_JJ form_NN1 of_IO relationship_NN1 ,_, as_CSA when_CS the_AT Boy_NN1 of_IO Winander_NP1 hears_VVZ ,_, as_CSA he_PPHS1 "_" hangs_VVZ listening_NN1 ,_, "_" the_AT "_" voice_NN1 of_IO mountain_NN1 torrents_NN2 ._. "_" 
In_II either_DD1 case_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 would_VM be_VBI a_AT1 mistake_NN1 to_TO read_VVI the_AT figure_NN1 of_IO "_" utterance_NN1 "_" in_II the_AT one_MC1 case_NN1 and_CC "_" voice_NN1 "_" in_II the_AT other_JJ as_II an_AT1 anthropomorphism_NN1 ._. 
The_AT function_NN1 of_IO these_DD2 figures_NN2 is_VBZ to_TO displace_VVI subjectivity_NN1 from_II its_APPGE orientation_NN1 towards_II itself_PPX1 as_CSA center_NN1 ,_, not_XX to_TO posit_VVI a_AT1 center_NN1 of_IO subjectivity_NN1 in_II the_AT physical_JJ world_NN1 ._. 
Of_IO this_DD1 moment_NN1 ,_, de_NP1 Man_NN1 writes_VVZ in_II "_" Time_NNT1 and_CC History_NN1 in_II Wordsworth_NP1 "_" :_: At_II the_AT moment_NN1 when_RRQ the_AT analogical_JJ correspondence_NN1 with_IW nature_NN1 no_RR21 longer_RR22 asserts_VVZ itself_PPX1 ,_, we_PPIS2 discover_VV0 that_CST the_AT earth_NN1 under_II our_APPGE feet_NN2 is_VBZ not_XX the_AT stable_JJ base_NN1 in_II which_DDQ we_PPIS2 can_VM believe_VVI ourselves_PPX2 to_TO be_VBI anchored_VVN &hellip;_... 
&lsqb;_( I_ZZ1 &rsqb;_) instead_II21 of_II22 being_VBG centered_VVN on_II the_AT earth_NN1 ,_, we_PPIS2 are_VBR suddenly_RR related_VVN to_II a_AT1 sky_NN1 that_CST has_VHZ its_APPGE own_DA movements_NN2 ,_, alien_NN1 to_II those_DD2 of_IO earth_NN1 and_CC its_APPGE creatures_NN2 (_( 78_MC )_) ._. 
De_NP1 Man_NN1 is_VBZ here_RL still_RR writing_VVG about_II "_" There_RL was_VBDZ a_AT1 Boy_NN1 ,_, "_" but_CCB it_PPH1 is_VBZ clear_JJ that_CST his_APPGE reading_NN1 is_VBZ already_RR strongly_RR shaped_VVN by_II the_AT last_MD lines_NN2 of_IO the_AT nest-robbing_JJ episode_NN1 :_: "_" The_AT sky_NN1 seemed_VVD not_XX a_AT1 sky/Of_FU earth_NN1 --_NN1 and_CC with_IW what_DDQ motion_NN1 moved_VVD the_AT clouds_NN2 ._. "_" 
In_RR21 particular_RR22 ,_, the_AT statement_NN1 that_CST "_" we_PPIS2 are_VBR suddenly_RR related_VVN to_II a_AT1 sky_NN1 that_CST has_VHZ its_APPGE own_DA movements_NN2 "_" (_( my_APPGE emphasis_NN1 )_) seems_VVZ powerfully_RR apt_JJ ._. 
I_PPIS1 would_VM only_RR add_VVI one_MC1 proviso_NN1 ._. 
If_CS "_" the_AT sky_NN1 seem(s)_VVZ not_XX a_AT1 sky_NN1 of_IO earth_NN1 "_" this_DD1 is_VBZ because_CS there_EX is_VBZ no_AT visual_JJ horizon_NN1 joining_VVG sky_NN1 and_CC ground_NN1 ,_, only_RR unbound_JJ space_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB the_AT horizontal_JJ plane_NN1 of_IO the_AT ground_NN1 has_VHZ not_XX so_RG much_RR disappeared_VVD as_CSA rotated_VVN ._. 
On_II the_AT one_MC1 side_NN1 ,_, open_JJ sky_NN1 ,_, on_II the_AT other_JJ ,_, solid_JJ cliff_NN1 ,_, between_II them_PPHO2 ,_, "_" ill_RR sustain_VV0 'd_VM ,_, "_" an_AT1 isolated_JJ human_JJ figure_NN1 ._. 
The_AT language_NN1 of_IO Wordsworth_NP1 's_GE Prelude_NN1 never_RR relinquishes_VVZ its_APPGE commitment_NN1 to_II the_AT perilous_JJ immediacy_NN1 of_IO that_DD1 experiential_JJ ground_NN1 ._. 
