Sacrificed Her Youth

Remember the last post? It was about the poem The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington? No? Click here! So I only listed down the meaning of the poem and glossary of difficult words. Oh, here's the poem:


In this post, I will discuss the language and style, as well as the main theme(s) that can be gained from the poem.


1. Language and Style

• uses ye 'olde English language: bailiff, esquire, puggish
  
• rhyme scheme : abcb (for most stanzas)
• 12 stanzas
  
• narrative of the story
• meaning is quite direct and clear
• a sense of irony when she told him that she was dead

2. Main Theme(s)

The poem basically revolves around LOVE; Love knows no bounds, Love grows with time and Sacrifices done for Love.

• love knows no bounds - the esquire's son, (despite his father only being a candidate of knighthood) falls in love with the governor's (bailiff's) daughter - and she falls in love with him too.
• love grows with time - even after SEVEN years of being apart due to him being sent for apprenticeship, both of them are still deeply in love with each other and are convinced that they are their true love.
• sacrifices done for love - she gave up her youth - 'sport and play' - to search for him in disguise of a beggar. he told her that if she was dead, he would give away his horse and go to foreign lands.
  

Well, that's all for this post (and maybe this blog).
Hope you were enlightened by this post and enjoyed both posts on the poem :)

I found the poem HERE.
The previous post can be found HERE.

Toodles ;)