The correct answer is B. The Jolly Roger.
The Jolly Roger is the famous black flag with a skull and bones. It depicts the pirate lifestyle based on lawlessness and greed, but also treachery as pirates were know for betraying each other. The flag would also become raised only when the enemies could not escape battle range, but was hidden before, as the pirates were pretending to be a friendly ship.
The flag is described as 'just a piece of cloth' which juxtaposes the importance and the symbolism of the flag. thought the entire poem there is a feeling of conflict.
The correct answer is
D. <span>The squire is more vain than the knight.
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