The author expresses an attitude towards sadness by using diction. In the first two lines of the poem he uses words such as “ Louring “ and “ Low “ to express that he was depressed and at his lowest point in his life.
In lines 5-10 the author uses metaphoric images to explain his experience with love. For an example he says “ The mouse which once hath broken out of trap Is seldom ‘ticed’ with the truthless bait,” This shows that the girl lead him to fall in love with lies she told him that he believed.