CABLE.--_Madame Delphine_ and _Jean-ah-Poquelin_, two of Cable's best short
stories, are published under the title, _Old Creole Days_.
PAGE, ALLEN, AND CRADDOCK.--From Page, read either _Marse Chan_ or _Meh
Lady_; from Allen, _King Solomon of Kentucky_, and _Two Gentlemen of
Kentucky,_ from _Flute and Violin,_ or _The Kentucky Cardinal,_ or _The
Choir Invisible_; from Craddock, selections from _Down the Ravine,_ _In the
Tennessee Mountains,_ or _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountain._
QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
Poetry.--Which of Poe's nine poems indicated for reading pleases you most
and which least? What is the chief source of your pleasure in reading him?
Do you feel like reading any of his poems a second time or repeating parts
of them? Account for the extraordinary vitality of Poe's verse. What is the
subject matter of most of his poems?
What is the subject of Lanier's best verse? Compare his melody and ideals
with Poe's. Is Lanier's _Song of the Chattahoochee_ as melodious as
Tennyson's _The Brook?_ Which is the most beautiful stanza in _My Springs?_
What are the strongest and most distinguishing qualities of Lanier's verse?
Which of these are especially prominent in _The Marshes of Glynn_ and
_Sunrise,_ and which in _Tampa Robins?_
Compare Hayne and Timrod for artistic finish, definiteness, and
spontaneity.
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