Question

Why do you think has the poet mentioned labourer​

Answer 1

In the poem "The Thresher's labour" Stephen Duck mentioned himself as a labour.

Explanation:

• This poem is a description of struggles of the poet himself as an agricultural laborer, in which he also represented the working class in general.
• The rural laborers who were oppressed, the poem serves as their voice.
• It has developed a sense of writing among the rural common laborers to pen down more about their lives and their daily experiences.
• This has typically initiated a start of a new genre of literature which has been developed by the working class people.