. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . s to excite emotions, but its final outcomeis a happy one, and the villain is punished andvirtue is comfortably rewarded. Dramas may be written in prose or in poeticform. The tendency is toward prose in comedyand poetry in tragedy, though in the same playboth prose and poetry are sometimes used. Themost common form for the poetic composition isthe unrhymed iambic pentameter or blank verse(heroic measure). Rhymes are in use but usuallytheir purpose is definite and specific and
. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . s to excite emotions, but its final outcomeis a happy one, and the villain is punished andvirtue is comfortably rewarded. Dramas may be written in prose or in poeticform. The tendency is toward prose in comedyand poetry in tragedy, though in the same playboth prose and poetry are sometimes used. Themost common form for the poetic composition isthe unrhymed iambic pentameter or blank verse(heroic measure). Rhymes are in use but usuallytheir purpose is definite and specific and they mayoccur occasionally in plays which are otherwise inblank verse. Lyrics are often introduced, and inthem both rhyme and meter are varied at thepleasure of the author. Journeys Through Booldand contains numerousillustrations of the facts of this chapter and plenti-ful examples of every form of literature except thesonnet, of which a type has just been given. Theoutline which follows will summarize this chapterand show a few of the examples that may beformed. LiteratureI. Prose. 1. Forms of Prose Forms of Literature 343 A. Narration. The Pine Tree Shilliiigs: IV, Christmas Carol: VI, 244. B. Description. Brute Neighbors: VII, Alhamhra: VIII, Books of the Past: V, 101. C. Exposition. Imitation of Christ: VI, Cubes of Truth: VII, History: V, 394. D. Argument. Poor Richards Almanac: VI, Kinds of Prose. A. : III, 288. Tom Brown at Rugby: V, 469, The Adventure of the Windmills: VII, 438. B. :yi,124>.Dream Children: VIII, Vision of Mirza: IX, 285. C. Orations. The Gettysburg Address: IX, Lincoln: IX, Poetry. I. Structure of Poetry. A. Rhyme. The Country Squire: VI, My Infant Son: VI, 478. B. Meter. The Daffodils: VII, 1. The Old Oaken Bucket: VII, 11. Bannockhurn: VII, 15. 344 Forms of Literature Boat Song: VII, Kinds of Poetry. A. Epic
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