TORY.--Divide this selection into four scenes,
describing minutely each scene, and pointing out what
part of the poem it covers. (Introduction, p. 10.)
What feelings are aroused by each scene?
SPIRIT, NATIVE, PURITY. (Appendix A, 8.)
1-4. Give two examples of Grouping from these lines.
Give numerous other examples throughout the selection,
and show how Grouping affects the Inflection and Pause.
(Introduction, pp. 10-12.)
3-7. Read with a view to Perspective. Select other
examples, noting especially ll. 17-22, 47-51, 72-77, and
112-117. (Introduction, p. 33.)
9. EXCLAIMED THIS CHILD OF AIR. (Introduction, pp. 24
and 27.) Give other examples of direct discourse broken
by narration.
54 and 56. SWEET ... SWEET. Which word is more emphatic?
(Introduction, p. 31.) Compare l. 105.
84. With what should IS RISING be connected? How?
Compare UPON THE TEAR, l. 116.
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THE LADY OF SHALOTT
PART 1
On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And thro' the field the road runs by
To many-tower'd Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.
Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro' the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four gray walls, and four gray towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle embowers
The Lady of Shalott.
By the margin, willow-veil'd,
Slide the heavy barges trail'd
By slow horses; and unhail'd
The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd
Skimming down to Camelot:
But who has seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand?
Or is she known in all the land,
The Lady of Shalott?
Only reapers, reaping early
In among the bearded barley,
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly,
Down to tower'd Camelot:
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers "'Tis the fairy
Lady of Shalott."
PART II
There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
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