What is the background of the poem the shepherd and his flock?

Explanation:

The Shepherd And His Flock Poem Analysis. The shepherd is not rich but he is willing to sacrifice whatever little he has to adorn his potential lover with the things he knows she deserves as his lover. The Shepherd Going Before the Flock. Something which is noteworthy in the poem lies in the third and the fourth lines. His bare feet kick the grass and spill the dew like diamonds on a cutters table A lamb strays away enchanted by the marvels of summer morning The ram rebukes the ewe Woman. Thanks

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.