![]() ![]() This again suggests yearning for a life that is the opposite of hers, one full of excitement. In the third stanza of part 2, the description of a ‘curly shepherd-lad’ suggests again that the young men she sees in the mirror or hears are bad, rebellious youths who live an exciting existence compared to hers. The word ‘yearning’ suggests that she longs for what she sees but because she has never had an experience of it she doesn’t quite know what it is. ![]() ![]() The fact that she can do nothing about it makes the word ‘yearning’ appropriate. This contrast with the lady’s solitude, and as she looks in the mirror it suggests that this world of romance and youthful attraction is out of her reach. This is a simple male/female connection that is made in the two lines, a connection that suggests excitement and youth. These lines are describing young people, who are described as ‘surly’ and as ‘churls’, which suggests that they are loud and boisterous, and girls whose ‘red cloaks’ suggest an element of romance and that they are getting dressed up to go to the market. ![]()
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