See Examples)

PART I

Stanza i, ll. 1 and 4. Where is the Pause in each line?
Why? (Introduction, p. 11.)

Stanza iii, ll. 1 and 2. Account for the change in Time.
(Introduction, p. 13.)

2. Where is the Pause?

6-9. What is the Inflection in these questions?
(Introduction, p. 19.)

Stanza iv, l. 3. HEAR. With what word should this be
connected? How? (Introduction, p. 16.) Note the Shading.

6. Where are the Pauses in this line? Account for them.

8-9. In what Quality of voice are these lines read?
(Introduction, p. 6.) Compare from this standpoint the
last lines of Parts II, III, and IV.

Part II

Stanza i, ll. 3-5. Note the spontaneous imitation.
(Introduction, pp. 5 and 6.)

AND THERE THE SURLY ... TWO AND TWO. Note the three
separate groups of passers-by. Which group has the most
significance in its bearing on the rest of the poem? How
does the voice indicate this relative significance?
(Introduction, pp. 24 and 30.)

Stanza iii, l. 8. How is the transition made effective?
(Introduction, pp. 8, 9, and 25.)

Stanza iv. FOR OFTEN ... CAMELOT. Observe the Shading.
(Introduction, p. 33.)

PART III

HIS SHIELD, RODE DOWN, ARMOUR RUNG, SADDLE-LEATHER,
COAL-BLACK CURLS. (Appendix A, 6.)

Stanza i, l. 4. Observe the Grouping.

Stanza ii, l. 2. Where is the Pause? Explain. What is
the Inflection on STARS?

Compare the Shading in ll. 6 and 7.

Stanza iii. What are the central ideas of ll. 2 and 3?
How does the reader make them stand out?

6-8. Note the continuous Inflection. (Introduction, p.
17.)

Stanza iv, ll. 3 and 4. How does the Grouping here
affect the Pause and the Inflection?

Stanza v, ll. 1-4. What change in the voice indicates
the abrupt transition? What atmosphere does the voice
create as a preparation for the climax of the last four
lines?

1. What is the central idea of this line?

6-7. What change in Force, Pitch, and Stress expresses
the sudden disaster?

PART IV

Compare the atmosphere of the first four and a half
stanzas of this Part with the first four of Part III,
and also with the remainder of Part IV. What is the
difference in Pitch, Force, and Time? (Introduction, pp.
22, 26, and 13.)

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HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD

From "The Princess"

Home they brought her warrior dead:
She nor swoon'd