By what device does Scott tell us the story of the battle?
How does he acquaint us with the characters: by what he says, by what they say, or by what others say of them?
Form.—What is a canto? Is it merely a form division, or is it also a thought division?
Can you discover any plan in the division of the canto into stanzas?
Mark the scansion of stanza 34, Canto II.
What is the meter of the normal line?
What variations are there in the kind of feet?
Mark the scansion of stanzas 2 and 3 of the ballad in Canto IV.
What is the meter of lines 1 and 3? of lines 2 and 4? what variations are there in the kind of feet?
Find the meter of one or two of the songs.