Under what circumstances did the “vision” come to Sir Launfal?  What was the vision?  What was the effect upon him?

What connection have the preludes in the Vision of Sir Launfal with the main divisions which they precede?  What is their part in the poem as a whole?

Contrast Sir Launfal’s treatment of the leper at their first meeting with his treatment at their second.

1.  Describe a scene from the Vision of Sir Launfal.

2.  Describe the hall of the castle as Sir Launfal saw it on Christmas eve.

    “The soul partakes the season’s youth ... 
    What wonder if Sir Launfal now
    Remembered the keeping of his vow?”

Give the meaning of these lines, and explain what you think is Lowell’s purpose in the preface from which they are taken.  Give the substance of the corresponding preface to the other part of the poem, and account for the difference between the two.

Describe the scene as it might have appeared to one standing just outside the castle gate, as Sir Launfal emerged from his castle in his search for the Holy Grail.

Compare the Ancient Mariner and the Vision of Sir Launfal with regard to the representation of a moral idea in each.

Explain the meaning of Sir Launfal’s vision, and show how it affected his conduct.

Describe an ideal summer day as portrayed in the Vision of Sir Launfal.

Quote at least ten lines.

Discuss, with illustrations, Lowell’s descriptions in the Vision of Sir Launfal, touching on two of the following points:—­(a) beauty, (b) vividness, (c) attention to details.

Write a description of winter as given in Part Second.

Outline in tabular form the story of Sir Launfal’s search for the Holy Grail; be careful to include in your outline the time, the place, the leading characters, and the leading events in their order.

Merrill’s English Texts

Addison, Steele, and Budgell.  The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers In The Spectator.  Edited by Edna H. L. Turpin. 269 pages, 12mo, cloth.  Prices 30 cents.

Coleridge.  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and other Poems.  Edited by Julian W. Abernethy, Ph.D, 156 pages, 12 mo, cloth.  Price 25 cents.

Dickens.  A Tale of Two Cities.  Edited by Julian W. Abernethy, Ph.D. 634 pages, 12mo, cloth.  Price 50 cents.

Emerson.  Essays. (Selected.) Edited by Edna H. L. Turpin. 336 pages, 12mo, cloth.  Price 40 cents.

George Eliot.  Silas Marner.  Edited by Cornelia Beare. 336 pages, 12mo, cloth.  Price 40 cents.

Goldsmith.  The Deserted Village, and other Poems.  Edited by Edna H. L. Turpin. 153 pages, 12mo, cloth.  Price 25 cents.

Hawthorne.  The House of the Seven Gables.  Edited by J. H. Castleman, A.M. 464 pages, 12mo, cloth.  Price 40 cents.