Teacher: There were rules of honor even toward your enemy, a sort of amateur spirit.
Pupil: Courtesy to their enemies.
Teacher: Courtesy,—and perhaps we might say this includes being true to the rules. Could we say anything about the style in which these poems were written, kind of language, and kind of verse form?
Pupil: Could be put to music.
Teacher: Easy to sing, for one thing?
Pupil: Yes.
Teacher: Complicated tunes, or simple?
Pupil: Simple.
Teacher: How about the words, the English?
Pupil: Old English and Scotch.