ASSIGNMENT
1. The teacher should explain to the pupils that the Lièvre River (pronounced Lee-eh-vr) runs through a deep gorge in the height of land on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River, into which it flows not far from the Capital. In some places, the banks of the Lièvre rise abruptly to a great height; at others more gradually, the slope being covered with a thick forest growth. As the river nears the Ottawa, the banks become much lower. The scenery, whether viewed from the height above or from the river below, is very beautiful.
2. The teacher should ask a few questions which can be answered easily from the pupil's own reading of the poem, for example:
From what position does the author first view the scene? What things in the scene appeal to each of the pupils as the most beautiful? Describe the incident mentioned in the last stanza. State in a single sentence the subject-matter of the whole poem.