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This ballad is about a young promising knight of the highlands.

He came riding through the wide border of the west, on his horse which was one of the best horses. For defense, he had only a sword.

He rode all alone to meet the girl he loved. Lochinvar was well-known for his bravery both in war and love.

He did not stop for even a second, no matter what difficulties came in his path.

He even swam across the Esk river where there was no shallow point (ford). However, even before he reached Netherby Hall the bride had consented to marry someone else, a man who was both cowardly and laggard in love.

Bravely, Lochinvar entered the Netherby Hall, even though it was filled with the bride’s relatives and brothers.

The bride’s father asked him if he had entered in peace or to fight.

Lochinvar replied that for a long time he had wooed his daughter, but his marriage proposal had been rejected. His love for her was like the waters of the Solway, had been high like the swollen water but now had ebbed.

He had come to dance one last time with Ellen and drink one cup of wine at her wedding.

He also added that there were more beautiful girls in Scotland who would readily become his wife.

The bride Ellen gave him a goblet of wine, which, he drank and then they danced.

She had a smile on her lips, but there were tears in her eyes. While dancing, Lochinvar whispered something in her ear.

They danced towards the door where his horse was waiting. Quickly he swung her on the saddle and rode away.

All the clans of the bride’s side chased them but could not catch them, and so they escaped.

The adjectives’ describing Lochinvar are: young, unarm'd, faithful in love, daring in love, dauntless in war, stately form, brave, gallant.

(a) Lochinvar wants to say that he had once loved Ellen, but upon being denied permission to marry her, had stopped loving her.

(b) No. It hides his true love for her.

(c) The bride’s father is surrounded by his brothers, kinsmen and many other people. Hence Lochinvar doesn’t want to reveal his love and his intention at once. He understands he will. be attacked and killed. He wants to gain time till he has got the girl’ near himself and can give her his signal to escape.

1. Ellen kisses the goblet of wine that Lochinvar has to drink from. 

2. She blushes and sighs: there is a smile and also a tear in her eye, signalling to Lochinvar that all is not yet lost for him. 

3. When he signals her to be ready to sit on the horse to escape, she cooperates with him.  

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Lochinvar gave Ellen’s father to understand that he had come to the wedding in peace. Before he could be stopped he took Ellen by her hand and began to dance. He used this as an excuse to iead her close to the door where his war horse was waiting. Once at the door he whispered something into her ear and then took off with Ellen at such speed that the supporters of the Netherby clan couldn’t catch up with them. Lochinvar finally managed to win Ellen as his bride.

1. He came unarmed, except for his broadsword. 

2. He came all alone. 

3. Everyone believes him when he says that he no longer loves Ellen. 

4. The bride remains silent, only blushing and sighing. 

5. She dances with him readily. 

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Lochinvar was confronted by Ellen’s father. He asked him as to what had brought him to Netherby Hall. Lochinvar replied that it was true that he had wooed his daughter for long. But his proposal of marriage had been turned down by him. He told him that his love which had swollen like the waters of the Solway had now receded, that he was no longer in love with Ellen. His intention in visiting the Netherby Hall was only to dance at her wedding and drink a cup of wine to toast to her happiness. He reassured the father that there were brides far more beautiful than Ellen in Scotland who would gladly be his wife.

He was a ‘laggard in love’, so timid that he couldn’t even express his love to Ellen, and was a ‘dastard in war’, i.e., cowardly and hardly any competition to brave Lochinvar.

With his hand on his sword, the bride’s father wanted to know whether Lochinvar had come in peace or in a war to the hall, or to dance at the bridal.

Lochinvar was confident as can be understood by the fact that he came alone and without any weapons other than his broadsword. He was faithful in love and hence came, even at the last minute, to claim his beloved.