CantoFirst。
EachcantoisintroducedbyoneormoreSpenserianstanzas，[FN#5]
formingakindofpreludetoit。Thoseprefixedtothefirstcantoserveasanintroductiontothewholepoem，whichis\"inspiredbythespiritoftheoldScottishminstrelsy。\"
2。Witch—elm。Thebroad—leavedorwychelm（Ulmusmontana），indigenoustoScotland。Forkedbranchesofthetreewereusedintheoldentimeasdivining—rods，andridingswitchesfromitweresupposedtoinsuregoodluckonajourney。Intheclosingstanzasofthepoem（vi。846）itiscalledthe\"wizardelm。\"
Tennyson（InMemoriam，89）refersto\"Witch—elmsthatcounterchangethefloorOfthisflatlawnwithduskandbright。\"