1. Does the poem Annabel Lee show great musical power? Does it show phrasal power? 2. Does the poem The Reaper and the Flowers show any power in drawing character? Is it marked by unity? Find a poem which shows power in drawing character. Find a different one which shows something of the author's personality. Learn at 3. Select and learn poetical quotations to the extent of at least twenty-five lines. least twenty lines of quotable prose. 4. Into what classes is poetry divided? What poem would you select as an illustration of each class ? 5. What are the different kinds of lyrics? Give an example of each. 6. How did Franklin perfect his style in prose writing? 7. What does Franklin say in his Autobiography about the generosity of the man having little money? 8. What are the peculiar characteristics of the typical oration ? 9. Do you find among the lyrics any poems which are in a sense narrative ? 10. Which of the authors you have so far read seems to you to possess the greatest descriptive power? To the Student The remaining numbers of the course are devoted to a history of literature in England and America. The story of growth and development is told chronologically, and an effort is made to give to contemporary history enough space to show the causes that led to the conditions existing at the several epochs. Brevity and simplicity characterize the work, but it is thought a distinct personality has been given to each of the great writers. It is not the intention to duplicate anything in the preceding numbers, and consequently the history contains selections from only those authors not previously discussed. In study it will be necessary to have the other numbers at hand, because the references to them are numerous and important. These references, if properly read, will make a complete chronological review of the fifteen numbers and will enable the student to arrange the ideas he has gained, compare different authors of the same epoch, and finally to fix systematically his knowledge of literature and its history. Unless the fact of relationship between the |