The Vision of Sir Launfal Part 17

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.

Explain the meaning of Sir Launfal's vision, and show how it affected his conduct.

Describe an ideal summer day as portrayed in the _Vision of Sir Launfal_.

Quote at least ten lines.

Discuss, with ill.u.s.trations, Lowell's descriptions in the _Vision of Sir Launfal_, touching on _two_ of the following points:--(a) beauty, (b) vividness, (c) attention to details.

Write a description of winter as given in Part Second.

Outline in tabular form the story of Sir Launfal's search for the Holy Grail; be careful to include in your outline the time, the place, the leading characters, and the leading events in their order.