Why do think the gypsies laughed as the princess went up the palace steps. In the poem the the princess an the gypsies by frances cornford
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My ruby rings and chain, and with my head as heavy as lead turned me back again.
As I went up the palace steps heard the gypsies laugh; The birds of spring so sweet did sing, It broke my heart in half.
From above poem, it revealed that the Gypsies laughed at the princes as she was losing balance as her head were heavy due to drinks.
As she went up the steps of the palace heavily and noisily, and she heard the Gypsy’s laugh at her condition.
Answer:
The princess’s willingness to live a dull and monotonous life albeit a safe one is what is being laughed at by the gypsies.
Explanation:
In the poem 'The Princess and the Gypsies’, the gypsies laughed when the princess ran up the stairs.
The princess asks the gypsies to take her with them. She says that she wants to be free like them and live her life listening to the birds and roaming around in the forests amidst the birds and streams. This shows her yearning for freedom of the gypsies when compared to the life of a princess in the palace.
But, the gypsies dissuade her from joining them saying that their life is not as easy and carefree as it may seem. They tell the princess that she will have to eat barley bread which will not be sweet. She will have to sleep on the wayside and the path they walk is full of stones and thorns and that the princess’s delicate feet will not withstand it and will hurt.
On hearing all this, the princess is in two minds and scared that she might not be able to bear these hardships, so she runs up the stairs. The gypsies on seeing her run laugh at her willingness to lose her freedom and stay in safe waters.