137. Baltic. Campbell's The Battle of the Baltic commemorates this victory. 153. What two kinds of government did Tennyson dislike? 188. Who was Alfred the Great? 217. To which our God, etc., Is. lx. 19. What pairs of lines occurring twice (with variations) serve as a kind of refrain? What is the metrical effect of the single rhyme and the long vowels in stanza III? Compare in The Battle of the Baltic, 11. 68-72,— Soft sigh the winds of heaven o'er their grave! While the billow mournful rolls, And the mermaid's song condoles, Of the brave! What is the effect of the irregular meter in the lines describing the battle of Waterloo? Which lines suggest by their sound the tolling of the bell? Which lines suggest by their music the choral chant in the cathedral? Compare with the thought of stanza VII that of Kipling's Recessional. Where is the climax of the ode- in which stanza does the poem reach its emotional culmination? This ode has been called 'the best poem on a national event that has ever been struck off by a Laureate under the sudden impatient spur of the moment.' What qualities in the Ode tend to justify this estimate? The Charge of the Light Brigade. The charge here commemorated occurred at Balaklava in the Crimea, October 25, 1854. Scarcely a hundred and fifty, out of about six hundred and thirty, survived. Of the four battle poems- The Ballad of Agincourt, Hohenlinden, Naseby, and this — which is the most stirring? Which is the most noble? Which is the most reflective? In which is the meter best adapted to express the thought? To what emotions besides that of patriotism does this poem appeal? How does this poem compare in warmth and fervor with Tennyson's other poems? Why is this probably the best known of the author's poems? Milton. This poem is one of Tennyson's 'experiments in quantity.' The meter is an imitation of the Alcaic meter, so called from Alcæus, the inventor, a lyric poet of Mitylene in Lesbos. The Alcaic meter consists of five feet — a spondee or iambus, an iambus, a long syllable, and two dactyls. 9. Me rather. Tennyson evidently preferred the fourth and fifth books of Paradise Lost. Compare line 3 with line 10 of Wordsworth's London, 1802. Which better describes Milton's style? By what means has Milton varied the regular Alcaic meter? What is the most famous phrase in the poem? What poem of Milton's previously read should you choose as best illustrating the appropriateness of this phrase? Crossing the Bır. For an account of the composition of this poem see Tennyson's Memoirs, II, 367. 3. Explain this line. 15. Pilot. Meaning? 9. With this contrast line 1. Was Tennyson's death such as he here desires? Compare the attitude toward death with that expressed in Raleigh's Even Such is Time, and that in Waller's Old Age. Why has this frequently been regarded as the most perfect of Tennyson's lyrics? Should you judge that Tennyson polished his work? Give reasons for your answer. Do his poems ever seem over-ornate? Are there many lines that could be detached from the poems for quotation? Compare Tennyson with Browning in respect to hopefulness, clarity of thought and expression, depth of thought. Which possessed the greater insight into human nature? Which was the better metrist? Compare Tennyson with Wordsworth and with Burns in respect to their appreciation of nature, and their attitude towards it. Which interested Tennyson more — man or nature? INDEX OF FIRST LINES A face that should content me | Fair Daffodils, we weep to 71. see A harder lesson to learne Conti- Fair stood the wind for France, nence 45. Ah! what avails the sceptered race, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, 65. Ah, what can ail thee, wretched Five years have passed, five sum- mers, with the length 170. Full fathom five thy father lies: Full many a glorious morning have Go, rose, my Chloe's bosom grace But do not let us quarrel any more, Go, Soul, the body's guest, 37. 295. Calme was the day, and through the trembling ayre 40. Come thou monarch of the vine, 65. | Half a league, half a league, 340. Cupid and my Campaspe played 52. Drink to me only with thine eyes, Happy those early days, when I 99. Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's Hast thou a charm to stay the Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! He was the Word that spake it; Even such is time, that takes in Hence, loathèd Melancholy, 73. trust 39. Hence, vain deluding Joys, 78. 412 Her mother died when she was My heart aches, and a drowsy I come from haunts of coot and I'm wearin' awa', John, 168. I prithee send me back my heart, I remember, I remember, 276. I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, I wandered lonely as a cloud 175. I wish I were where Helen lies! 25. spected friend! 154. My true love hath my heart, and I Now welcom somer with thy sonne O mighty-mouthed inventor of har- O Mistress mine, where are you O, my Luve's like a red, red rose, O, ruddier than the cherry! 106. If childhood were not in the world, O world! O life! O time! 254. 322. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan 204. Jack and Joan, they think no ill, 67. O, young Lochinvar is come out of Of all the causes which conspire to Oft in the stilly night, 208. Lead kindly light, amid th’encir- Oh! Wherefore come ye forth, in March, march, Ettrick and Teviot- Milton! thou shouldst be living at 207. On the sea and at the Hogue, six- Much have I travel'd in the realms Piping down the valleys wild, 151. of gold, 261. My first thought was, he lied in Presumptuous man! the reason My hair is grey, but not with years, Queen and Huntress, chaste and |