arcely the right word to use. _Location_ would be better, so far as
the meaning is concerned.

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BANNOCKBURN

ROBERT BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY

_By_ ROBERT BURNS

Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled;
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led;
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to glorious victorie!

Now's the day and now's the hour--
See the front o' battle lour;
See approach proud Edward's power--
Edward! chains and slaverie!

Wha will be a traitor knave?
Wha can fill a coward's grave?
Wha sae base as be a slave?
Traitor! coward! turn and flee!

Wha for Scotland's king and law
Freedom's sword will strongly draw!
Freeman stand or freeman fa',
Caledonian! on wi' me!

By oppression's woes and pains!
By our sons in servile chains!
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be--shall be free!

Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow!
Forward! let us do or die!

On pages 2, and 13, of this volume we talked about the different
meters in which poetry is written. In iambic poetry each foot
contains two syllables, the second of which is accented. There is
another kind of foot composed of two syllables. In this the accent
falls on the first syllable. _Bannockburn_ gives examples of this.
To illustrate, we will rewrite the first stanza, using the words in
their English form, and mark off the feet and the accent:

Scots', who | have' with | Wal'-lace | bled',
Scots', whom | Bruce' has | of'-ten | led';
Wel'-come | to' your | go'-ry | bed',
Or' to | glo'rious | vic'-to | ry'.

Each one of these lines ends with an accented syllable, but that
may be disregarded in studying the feet. This foot is called the
_trochee_, and it will help you to remember it if you will think
that the word _tro'chee_ has two syllables and is accented on the
first. This poem, then, is in _trochaic trimeter_, with added
accented syllables at the ends of the lines. Read the other stanzas
carefully, throwing the accent prominently on the first syllable of
each foot.

When you read to bring out the meter of a poem you are said to be
_scanning_ it. When you are in the habit of scanning poetry you
will find that you can do it very nicely and without spoiling t