That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; 50 55 The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "settler's ellum," And the wedges flew from between their lips, Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; "There!" said the Deacon, "naow she'll dew!" 6. Do! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less! 7. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ;-it came and found And then come fifty and FIFTY-FIVE. LITERARY ANALYSIS.-58-64. Do... day! In this stanza point out a socalled Yankeeism which is really good Elizabethan English.-What personification is made?-By what details, skilfully introduced, is the lapse of time vividly suggested? 66. strong and sound. Grammatical construction ? 70 60 40 45 8. Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year 9. FIRST OF NOVEMBER-the earthquake day- But nothing local, as one may say. There couldn't be, for the Deacon's art 75 80 Had made it so like in every part That there wasn't a chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong as the thills, And the panels just as strong as the floor, And yet, as a whole, it is past a doubt, In another hour it will be worn out! 10. First of November, fifty-five! This morning the parson takes a drive. LITERARY ANALYSIS.-73-79. Of the fifty-five words in stanza 8 only six are of other than Anglo-Saxon origin: what are these words?—In this stanza point out a fine aphorism. 80-94. First... out! What expression, reiterated in line 80, begins to grow very significant?-What expression in this stanza finely describes the state of the chaise now?-Point out the examples of polysyndeton: what is the effect of the use of this figure?-Note the rhymes in lines 89-92. 95-118. First... burst. In this stanza point out humorous touches and comical epithets.-Point out an effective simile. 85 90 95 100 The parson was working his Sunday's text,- At half-past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,- 11. End of the wonderful one-hoss shay. 105 110 115 120 II. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. 1. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. 2. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, Before thee lies revealed Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed! 5 10 That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. 4. Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathéd horn! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings 5. Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! III. THE LAST LEAF. 1. I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, The pavement stones resound, 2. They say that in his prime, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. 15 20 25 30 5 10 |