The first two stanzas of Thomas Moore’s “The Lake of the Dismal Swamp” are words spoken by a man who is looking for a woman who has passed away, indicated because she is now in "a grave.” These two stanzas are written in the first person, are framed by quotation marks, and explain the man’s aim - to find his lover again, and protect her from death.
The following stanza of the poem (the third stanza, not included in the question) begins "Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds— / His path was rugged and sore." The use of the third person in that next stanza signifies that we have transitioned to a different point of view - from someone who is observing the character (“he”) who was speaking at the beginning of the poem. While there are some additional lines of speech from the man in the rest of the poem, the rest of the story is told mainly from the point of view of the introduced narrator, who follows the man seeking out the Dismal Swamp and his lover.
Answer:
"The lover searching for his lost bride"
Explanation:
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