The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

votes large part of his time to speaking To my
frends-detaned, as he considerably puts it; who
was the youngest man ever appointed Captain in
the u S. Army, and is still, at three and ten
an ardent advocate of preparedness; man who had
but four days schooling in his life and yet is the au-
thor of some of the best descriptive narrative
poems of the early west written. His lectures
are combination narrative of his experiences as
scout and Indian fighter. of Civil War campaigns
Tin which he fought on the Union sde), of meetings
with the famous men of this and past and rapidly
passing generations interpreted with Rotations
from bis poems and singing of his songs,
and outlines of his work as 'the first Boy Scout
Long life to you, Capt. jack, and we echo the
hope that you may get to Saltwater this winter"
beau Esprita
THE ANAPEST, or ANAPESTIC FOOT
After the Iambus and Trochee, the two poetic
feet composed each of two syllables. and which we
illustrated in previous studies the three syl-
liable feet also in number The first of these is
the Anapest. or Anapestc foot.
Yet more low ly and beau ii full. no l. y and
bright,
TO the hopes of the heart, and the spir it's glad
sight,
IL the land that no NOR tai NAV know
Bernard Barton.
In this selection the lines divide into groups of
three syllables each, with the accent on the third
syllable.
Defniton:-A foot consisting of three syl-
tables. the first two unaccen,ed. the last &C.
cented, is an Anapest, or Anapestic Foot.
EOll 70 +horo of
tic measure:-
But she loved him in vain for he left her to
weep
And in tears, all the night her gold ring let's to
Thomas Moore The Origin Of The Harp.
am mon arch of all 1 survey
OF my right there is none to dispute
Cooper, The Solitude Of Hereunder Sslkirk
l am sick of the hall and the hill, am sick of
the moor and the main
-Tenayson Maud
In these examples the lines consist wholly of
Anapestic feet. Because of the great difficulty OF
sustaining this three syllable measure Anapess are
used more often in connection with some other foot,
preferably the 1ambus or Trochee. than alone. The
joining of two-syllabe and three-syllable feet in
llHc udkeS pOSSlUlo SOME WONDERFUL descriptive
measures, will be shown in future Study. A
great many of Kipling's vivid are written in
combination Iambics and Anapests
THE DACTYL or DACTYLIC FOOT
Honor the charge they made
Honor the Light Brigade
Noble Six Hundred
-Tenmyson, Charge Of The Light Brigade.
This stirring measure, which Lord Tennyson
said suggested to him by the movement of
troop of gaoping horses is exactly the reverse of
the Anapests which we have just considered. Like
them, it consists of three syables to the foot but it
is the first syllable that is accented the second and
last syllabes being unaccented.
Defnion:-A foot containing three sylla.
bes, the first of which is accented the Sec
ond and third unacceuted, is Dactyl or
Dactyllc Foot.
Other examples of the Dactylic foot follow:--
Stars of the summer night!
Ear in yon azure deeps.
Hide, hide your golden light
Serenade from "The Spanish Student'
Come in the eve ming or come in the morning
Thomas Doris, The Welcome.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judge ment day
Under the ros the Blue
Under the lilies the GRAY