Question

(b) Explain the importance of Shepherd in 'Lycidas'.

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Answer 1

Explanation: The importance of Shepherd in 'Lycidas'.

• Lycidas is a pastoral elegy written John Milton in 1638.
• The poet presents this elegy to lament the death of Edward King, his friend.
• This poem depicts the idealized life of rural leisure.
• The poem is set among the pastures and hills where Lycidas, his friend Edward King and the speaker once landed their flocks together.
• They were shepherds and enjoyed the grazing of sheep.

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Answer 2

It himself represents Edward King.

• The question has been asked from the poem Lycidas  by John Milton
• The uncouth swain narrator is an unidentified shepherd. Edward King is represented by Lycidas.

• Lycidas works as a shepherd in the countryside, where he is in close contact with nature and away from the complexities of city life, thus representing the importance of rural life.