Did the fair Why the nurse counsel Lady Clare to do? What was the reply? lady forgive her nurse? What then did Lady Clare do? How did she prepare herself to meet Lord Ronald? What act of the "lily-white doe" adds pathos to the picture? How did Lord Ronald receive her? did Lord Ronald speak of "tricks" and "riddle hard to read"? Describe in some detail how Lady Clare told Lord Ronald "all her nurse's tale." How did Lord Ronald receive his lady-love's story? his reply? Why should the nurse have kept the secret so long, and then have revealed it on the day before the wedding? Did Lady Clare act the noble part in thùs telling the story to her lover? Why not have kept the secret? Can you draw any moral from this little poem? ADDITIONAL PIECES FOR STUDY Longfellow's Paul Revere's Ride, Old Clock on the Stairs; Lowell's Ambrose; Whittier's Mary Garvin; Bayard Taylor's Napoleon at Gotha; Holmes's Deacon's Masterpiece; Byron's Destruction of Sennacherib, Vision of Belshazzar; Bret Harte's John Burns of Gettysburg; Southey's Bishop Bruno, Well of St. Keyne, After Blenheim, God's Judgment on Hatto; Aytoun's Execution of Montrose. CHAPTER IV. THE LORD OF BURLEIGH AS A MODEL We present in this chapter a complete guide analysis, with Tennyson's "The Lord of Burleigh as a model. Ten points are given as helps to a better understanding of the poem. The exercise in criticism is somewhat difficult; after some practice, however, it will become a source of interest and profit to the pupil. How It is not to be supposed that this, or any other form of an analysis, can be used with every poem. With many pieces, fully one half of the points may be omitted. many are made use of, and to what extent any one that is made use of is carried, must depend upon circumstances. GUIDE ANALYSIS: THE LORD OF BURLEIGH I. Read the poem carefully and thoughtfully. II. Recite the story of the poem. III. Write a paraphrase of the poem. IV. Divide the poem into parts, or scenes. V. Unity of the parts. VI. Minor details which illustrate the poem. VII. The study of the text. VIII. An exercise in criticism. IX. Memory quotations. X. The author of the poem: Alfred Tennyson. THE LORD OF BURLEIGH ALFRED TENNYSON In her ear he whispers gayly, "If my heart by signs can tell, Maiden, I have watched thee daily, And I think thou lov'st me well." She replies, in accents fainter, "There is none I love like thee." He is but a landscape painter, And a village maiden she. He to lips, that fondly falter, Presses his without reproof: Leads her to the village altar, And they leave her father's roof. “I can make no marriage present; Little can I give my wife. Love will make our cottage pleasant, And I love thee more than life." They by parks and lodges going See the lordly castles stand; Summer woods, about them blowing, Made a murmur in the land. Hears him lovingly converse, Lay betwixt his home and hers; Parks with oak and chestnut shady, Parks and ordered gardens great, Ancient homes of lord and lady, Built for pleasure and for state. 5 ΤΟ 15 20 25 30 All he shows her makes him dearer : Evermore she seems to gaze On that cottage growing nearer, Where they twain will spend their days. O but she will love him truly! He shall have a cheerful home; She will order all things duly, When beneath his roof they come. And beneath the gate she turns ; Sees a mansion more majestic Than all those she saw before : Bows before him at the door. 35 40 45 50 |