l. 12.—Stooping earthward: subordinate idea.
l. 12-15.—It is surprising how careless pupils are in reading these lines. They nearly always read them to convey the idea that the Spirit stooped earthward with his finger on the meadow. Observe how the meaning is brought out by the following reading:
And the Spirit (pause), stooping earthẃard (pause),
With his finger (pause) on the meadoẃ (pause),
Traced a winding pathẁay for it̀ (pause),
Saying to it́́ (pause), “Run in th̀is way!”
l. 17-19.—The melody is virtually the same in each of these lines, with a falling inflection on fragment, pipe-head and figures.
l. 21.—Rising inflection preferable on pipe-stem. The poem abounds in lines ending with falling inflections; hence, one should be on the alert for such lines as this.
l. 23.—Falling inflection on willow.
l. 25-26.—Rising inflection on forest and on together. We note that these two lines point forward.