Who are present in the scene? Who are to be the victims? Account for the speaker's patience in stanza iii. Point out the things that show the intensity of her hate. Does she display any other feeling than hate and jealousy?
HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD. (PAGE [115].)
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Where is the speaker? What scene is in his imagination? Trace the growth in his mind of this scene: in color effects, in the kind of life introduced, in the intensity of the feeling, in the vividness with which he enters into it. What is the charm in lines 12-14?
UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY. (PAGE [116].)
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[4]. [Bacchus]. The Roman god of wine, frequently invoked in the garnishment of Latin and Italian speech.
[42]. [Pulcinello] is the Italian for clown or puppet, and the[page 256] prototype of the English Punch.
[48]. [Dante], Boccaccio, and Petrarch. Italy's first three great authors. See a biographical dictionary or encyclopædia for their dates and their works.
St. Jerome (340-420.) One of the fathers of the Roman, church. He prepared the Latin translation of the Bible known as the Vulgate.