Read the excerpt below from “The Lake of the Dismal Swamp” by Thomas Moore and answer the question that follows.. . . . “They ma
de her a grave, too cold and damp. For a soul so warm and true;. And she’s gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp,. Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp,. She paddles her white canoe.. . “And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see,. And her paddle I soon shall hear;. Long and loving our life shall be,. And I’ll hide the maid in a cypress tree,. When the footstep of death is near.”. . . . Question: Who is the speaker in this section of the poem?. . .
In the poem "THe Lake of the Dismal Swamp" the narrator of the poem and in this excerpt is a lover, that has lost his bride and is telling how she was sepultated, under a grave, because she died, and how he is searching for her, longing for her, knowing where she is, but that in many ways he won´t finde her anymore.
