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.