Longfellow.

Coates.

Carleton.

Gough.

.English

Tennyson.

...Mackay

Mrs. Browning

Willis.

Stephens

.Anon

.Anon

Hall

Trowbridge

Macaulay
...Longfellow
Miller

.Knowles

Halm

Daly

..Schiller

..Lytton

Sheridan

DIAGRAM

OF

THE ELEMENTS OF VOCAL EXPRESSION.

[NOTE.-The object of this Diagram is to present at a glance all the Principles of vocal expression, and to show in a brief and convenient form the kinds of thought they express. There is no attempt here to give all the sentiments expressed by each Element, but only such representative words are used as will direct the thoughts of the pupil into the right channel. The different shades and changes of sentiment, as they occur in a selection, will at once be understood by the context; and, by reference to this Diagram, the student can easily determine the Elements required for a correct and natural expression.]

I. TIME

LONG

a. QUANTITY.

MODERATE

....

b. PAUSE

SHORT

INTERSYLLABIC

PROSODIAL

Pathos. Sorrow. Solemnity. Sublimity. Awe. Reverence. Adoration. Apostrophe. Commanding. Calling.

Narrative, didactic, bold, and lofty thought. Secrecy. Alarm. Courage. Grandeur.

(Joy. Mirth. Laughter. Exciting appeal. Impatience. Detestation. Fright. Anger. Contempt.

Used between syllables of very emphatic words for articulative enforcement.

Used to mark the prosody of verse only when the emphasis and measure of speech coincide. Used in phrasing spoken discourse RHETORICAL... to make the sense apparent to

the ear.

3. FORCE

2. QUALITY

a.

NORMAL

ELEME

OROTUND

ELEVATING AND ENNOBLING THOUGHT.

VERY HI

HIGH..

EFFUSIVE.

NORMAL

ORAL

Solemnity. Tranquillity. Pathos.

OROTUND Reverence. Sublimity. Devotion.
Sickness. Feebleness. Weakness.
ASPIRATE... Stillness. Secrecy. Suppressed fear.
PECTORAL... Deepest solemnity, awe, and adoration,

NORMAL

OROTUND
ORAL

Conversation. Didactic thought. Gladness.
Grandeur. Patriotism. Oratorical thought.
Languor. Fatigue. Exhaustion.
ASPIRATE... Sudden fear. Suppressed command.
GUTTURAL.. Impatience. Scorn. Hate. Revenge.
PECTORAL...
Dread. Amazement. Horror.

NORMAL
OROTUND

EXPLOSIVE.

Gaiety. Ecstatic joy. Laughter.
Courage. Defiance. Alarm.
ASPIRATE... Terror. Intense fear and horror.
GUTTURAL .. Violent hate. Anger. Rage.

IMPASSIONED.

ENERGETIC.

(Ecstatic joy. Rapture. Shouting. Courage. Defi-
ance. Alarm. Intense fear. Terror. Anger.
Loathing.

Laughter. Gaity. Bold and lofty appeal. Grandeur
Fear. Suppressed command. Contempt. Lyric
description.

Narration. Description. Didactic thought. Pathos.
Solemnity. Sublimity. Devotion. Secrecy.
Despair. Scorn.

Seriousness. Tranquillity. Fatigue. Weakness.
Feebleness. Stillness. Awe. Profound repose.
Didactic thought. Patriotism. Impatience. Secrecy.
Dread. Mirth. Rapture. Intense fear. Anger.
Surprise. Resolution. Determination. Stubborn-
ness. Revenge. Ilate. Scorn. Horror. Rage.
Rebuke.
Satire.

Ridicule.

Irony. Mockery. Raillery.
Taunt. Sarcasm. Derision. Contempt. Scoffing.

Pathos. Sadness. Melancholy. Stillness. Tran-
quillity. Reverence. Sublimity. Awe.
Defiance. Command. Triumph. Shouting. Call
ing. Indignation. Warning. Lofty appeal.
Grief. Tenderness. Feebleness. Senility. Sorrow.
Timidity. Extreme pathos. Fright. Ecstatic
joy.