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Preparatory—Divide the poem into two parts, giving to each part a descriptive title.
What feelings are aroused by this poem?
What lines in stanzas i and iv call up a mental picture of the flag?
What three phrases in stanza i suggest the important ideas to be associated with the flag? How does the voice indicate the importance of these ideas? (Introduction, p. [8].)
Of what phrases in stanza i is stanza ii only an elaboration?
What wish is contained in stanza iii? What sentences express it?
What additional idea does stanza iv add to this wish?
star, valiant, armada, central. Make a distinction in the sound of the letter a in these words, and elsewhere in the poem. (Appendix [A, 1].)
George, cross, forget, forth, concord. What sound has the letter o in each word? (Appendix [A, 1].)