Discussion. 1. Tell briefly the story of the poem. 2. What picture do the first two stanzas give you? 3. What reason did the boatman give for saying he would row them over the ferry? 4. What change of time do you notice in the tenth stanza? 5. What does the eleventh stanza tell you? 6. Which stanza tells you of the tragedy? 7. What other poems of the sea have you read in this book? 8. What characteristics of the ballad has this poem?
Phrases
- [to the Highlands bound, 178, 1]
- [stain the heather, 178, 12]
- [hardy Highland wight, 179, 1]
- [raging white, 179, 7]
- [grew loud apace, 179, 9]
- [in the scowl of Heaven, 179, 11]
- [waters fast prevailing, 179, 26]
- [fatal shore, 179, 27]
THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW
JOHN G. WHITTIER
Pipes of the misty moorlands,
Voice of the glens and hills,