IO. banned and barred. What effect is gained by the use of this brace of alliterative synonyms?-fare. Explain this use of the word. 14. tenets. Etymology of the word? 17. We were seven who now are one. Analyze this sentence. 19. had begun. The imperfect would be a more fitting tense; but rhyme controls the author's choice. 21. in fire... in field. Explain these expressions. Dying as their father died, For the God their foes denied; Of whom this wreck is left the last. II. There are seven pillars of Gothic mould And in each ring there is a chain; For in these limbs its teeth remain, According to Murray (Hand-book of Switzerland), “it is lighted by several windows, through which the sun's light passes by reflection from the surface of the lake up to the roof, transmitting also the blue color of the waters." 28. In Chillon's dungeons. The Castle | 30. Dim, etc. LITERARY ANALYSIS.-26. By what forcible expression does the prisoner designate himself? 27. of Gothic mould. Explain this phrase. 29. seven columns. In line 27? This expression denotes the same as what expression 31. sunbeam. Grammatical construction? What clauses and what phrase are adjuncts to this word? 34. so. What is the force of the word here? 35. Point out and explain the simile. Compare with L'Allegro, page 54, line 96, of this book. 36, 37. Point out the corresponding parts in the balanced sentence. 38. That iron. What is the peculiar force of "that" as here used? What is the figure of speech? 25 30 35 With marks that will not wear away Which have not seen the sun so rise III. They chained us each to a column stone, 41. this new day. See stanza xiv. LITERARY ANALYSIS.-41. day, for the light of day: what is the figure of speech? 48-68. Make a paraphrase of stanza iii. 48. each. Grammatical construction? 49. And we... alone. Point out the antithesis, and state what constitutes the impressiveness of the thought. 52. But. What part of speech as here used? 53. That made us strangers, etc. Compare with Milton, Paradise Lost, book i., lines 61-64: "A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yet from these flames Served only to discover sights of woe." 54, 55. What figure of speech in each of these lines? 55 50 45 40 With some new hope, or legend old, But even these at length grew cold. A grating sound-not full and free, IV. I was the eldest of the three, And to uphold and cheer the rest The youngest, whom my father loved (When day was beautiful to me 71. ought. The word has here its original past sense=owed. It is now commonly used in the present tense. LITERARY ANALYSIS.-62. But... cold.-Express the thought in your own words. 64. echo. With what noun is "echo" in apposition? 60 69-72. I was... degree. What kind of sentence grammatically and rhetorically? 73-106. In your own language, draw a portrait of each of the two brothers (see stanzas iv. and v.). 76. For him. For whom? Is this a justifiable pleonasm? 78. such bird, etc. What is the figure of speech? 65 82-85. A polar day... sun. Give your judgment on this image.-Explain line 85. 70 75 Sa 97. to pine must be connected with "formed" in line 93. LITERARY ANALYSIS.-86. Supply the ellipsis in this line. 92. Supply the ellipsis in this line. 93. But. Substitute another conjunction, so as to remove the awkwardness of the double but-in lines 93 and 97.-combat with his kind. Change the phraseology. 95, 96. had stood, And perished. Supply the full form of the past perfect po. tential. 97-99. Select three synonymous verbs in these lines, and discriminate the special signification of each. IOI. forced it on. He speaks of his spirit as of a drooping soldier : what is the figure of speech? 102. relics of a home. Explain. |