SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS

  1. Explain the figures of speech that occur in the essay.
  2. Why did Mr. Chesterton use so many figures of speech?
  3. How can you account for his poetic language?
  4. What leads him to think the furrows beautiful?
  5. What meaning does the writer find in the plowed field?
  6. Explain in full the last paragraph of the essay.
  7. In what respect is the Republic, “founded on the plow”?
  8. What does the essay show concerning Mr. Chesterton's personality?
  9. In what respects is his style original?
  10. By what means does he gain emphasis?