Furthermore, the speaker's fear of the mountain is prolonged throughout the poem, later saying 'there hung a darkness' which is representative of his fear of the power of the nature. This clearly demonstrates the power of nature in both its beauty and its ability to inspire fear in people. Moreover, the adjective 'black' contrasts with the positive lexical field used earlier in the poem when describing nature, for example the speaker's description of the moon 'glittering idly'. The repetition of the adjective 'huge' reflects the persona's temporary loss for words due to his immense fear of the mountain. In 'The Prelude', the persona fears nature, namely the mountain, which the speaker describes as "a huge peak, black and huge". In both poems nature is portrayed as being more powerful than men.
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