Can someone please help me with this short essay for a poem? Poems aren't my strongest thing. Please help!

Here is your goal for this assignment:

Use inferences to draw conclusions about the social setting in a poem.


Write a paragraph about "The Courtin.'" Describe the society in which the young people lived, using inferences drawn from your reading of the poem. The paragraph should be 75-100 words long.

"The Courtin'" by James Russell Lowell.

This project will be graded based on the following:

your attention to the instructions given above
the accuracy and clarity of your description
use of proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence construction (commonly called "conventions")