In what lines do you notice a wry comment on the soft life that the noblesled at court? What does this attitude suggest about this anonymous poet?
What will be an ideal response?
- Lines 29–30: The nobles are loath to get their fine shoes wet. Probably the poet w asn’t a noble, but a sarcastic commoner.
In the famous image of the slim new moon, W. D. Snodgrass finds visual reminders of the king’s golden crown and of the gold combs in the ladies’ hair. For him, withering scorn for the Scottish lords afraid to dampen their fancy French pumps comes naturally to the singer, who probably went barefoot for much of his life. And he concludes: “This ballad, at least partly because of its scorn for the ignorant court, seems superbly successful in recognizing a more genuine nobility. Not that I need agree with its values: personally, I’d prefer (though not expect to find) a captain with more loyalty to his men than to king and office. Yet while the song lasts, I partake of the Scottish singer’s world, and am broadened by entrance to another’s experience, another’s values.” See “Shapes Merging and Emerging,” Shenandoah (Winter 1991): 58–83.
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