Question

Source: “Robin Hood and the Scotchman.” The Robin Hood Garlands and Ballads. Ed. John Mathew Gutch, William Hone, Francis Douce, and Edward Francis Rimbault. London: John Russell Smith and Joseph Lilly, 1750. 392-93. Google Books. Web. 24 June 2011. Who is the speaker in this poem? Robin Hood the Scotchman someone who knows the story Friar Tuck

Answer 1

The correct answer is "someone who knows the story". As the events take place in the poem “Robin Hood and the Scotchman”,  the narrative is of a person who knows about the story trying to retelling it. This conclusion could be made by the way the poem is written as someone telling the story the best he knows.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is C: someone who knows the story.

Explanation:

The events in this balad are recited by a character who witnessed the battle.

The narrator is not omniscient because he does not provide information about what the characters, Robin Hood and the Scotchman, are feeling of thinking. He only communicate, what he can see and hear.