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But is lord of the earldom as much as he.

--_James Russell Lowell_

PREPARATORY.--Read Tennyson's _The Holy Grail_.

Compare the mode in which Tennyson treats the pursuit of
the Holy Grail, in _Sir Galahad_, with that adopted by
Lowell in this poem.

Show the connection between the fundamental ideas in
this poem, and those in Longfellow's _King Robert of
Sicily_ and _The Legend Beautiful_.

Point out the various contrasts (_a_) of scene, (_b_) of
thought, (_c_) of emotion, and show a corresponding
contrast in vocal expression.

Articulation. (Appendix A, 1 and 11.)

5 and 6. What is the Inflection?

11. What changes of vocal expression accompany the
transition?

14-20. Note the word-pictures and the effect of the
Imaging process on the Time.

22. What is the Inflection on BE?

27-29 and 37-39. Observe the Grouping, Pause, and
Inflection.

41. HAD CAST THEM FORTH. With what phrase is this
parallel? How does the voice express the parallelism?

42-44. Which line expresses the main thought? How is it
made prominent? (Introduction, p. 33.)

51. Where is the Pause?

65-67. Show the relative importance of the emphatic
words and phrases. (Introduction, pp. 30 and 31.)

69-78. Read these lines with a view to (_a_)
Perspective, (_b_) Inflection.

91. OLD, BENT. Account for the pause between these two
adjectives. (Introduction, pp. 7 and 8.)

95. What is the emphatic word? Why?

107-111. Note the difference in the sound of the letter
_a_ in the various words.

119-126. What feeling predominates? How are the Force,
Pitch, and Time affected?

137-140. How does the voice indicate the contrast
between the meagre and the sumptuous? (Introduction, pp.
34 and 35.)

141-142. Note the transition from the subjective to the
objective. How is it indicated in reading?

154-166. What atmosphere pervades this speech? What
Quality of voice suggests it? (Introduction, p. 35.)

167. Note the transition. What movement is suggested?
What is the Stress and Quality of voice?

168-172. What state of mind does this speech suggest?
What is the change in Stress and Quality?

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ON THE DEATH OF GLADSTONE

Delivered in the Canadian House of Commons, May 26, 1898

England has lost the most illustrious of her sons; but the loss is not
Eng