English few;
Was he devil or man? He was devil for aught they knew,
But they sank his body with honour down into the deep,

And they mann'd the Revenge with a swarthier alien crew, 110
And away she sail'd with her loss and long'd for her own;
When a wind from the lands they had ruin'd awoke from sleep,
And the water began to heave and the weather to moan,
And or ever that evening ended a great gale blew,
And a wave like the wave that is raised by an earthquake grew, 115
Till it smote on their hulls and their sails and their masts
and their flags,
And the whole sea plunged and fell on the shot-shatter'd navy
of Spain,
And the little Revenge herself went down by the island crags
To be lost evermore in the main.

--_Alfred Tennyson_

PREPARATORY.--Give a series of titles suggestive of the
events narrated in this ballad; describe the picture
that each title calls up, and tell on what part of the
poem it is based.

What different ideals of bravery are brought out in this
ballad, and by whom is each presented? Compare them with
those set forth in _The Private of the Buffs_ (Fourth
Reader), and _Horatius_.

1, 3, and 13. (Appendix A, 1 and 6.)

'FORE GOD ... sick. What Inflection prevails?
(Introduction, pp. 17 and 18.)

What Inflection is placed on the questions in ll. 7, 25,
62, 88, and 108? (Introduction, pp. 18 and 19.)

FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD. How is the irony brought out
by the voice? (Introduction, pp. 21, 22, and 30.)

25-28. (Introduction, p. 18.)

Compare the speech of the men (ll. 25-28) with that of
Sir Richard (ll. 29-31) from the standpoint of mental
attitude. How is this difference indicated by Stress?

32. Which are the emphatic words? Give your reasons.
Select words that are emphatic because of contrast from
ll. 34, 35, and 91. What Inflection is placed on the
emphatic words in each case?

How does repetition affect the Emphasis in ll. 37-38,
53-54, 58-60, 63, and 89? (Introduction, pp. 31-33.)

40. With what word is THAT connected in sense? How does
the voice make the connection? (Introduction, p. 33.)

43-47. Analyse these lines from the standpoint of
Perspective.

66-67. Where do the Pauses occur? How does the Grouping
affect them?

68. Why is HIMSELF emphatic?

75-81. Give examples of "momentary completeness".

93. Which is the most emphatic word in thi