I felt like I was able to connect with the narrator on a personal level in a way that lets me know exactly how he feels and why the emotions he feels exist . Being one of the most important poets of the early Elizabethan era, George Gascoigne began writing plays, literary criticism, prose fiction, poems, etc., after failing as a lawyer and soldier. In this particular poem of his, a speaker begins mid-conversation, and at first it is difficult to tell whether the speaker is male or female. The beginning of this poem also seems to be in the form of an argument or disagreement, creating a mysterious backdrop for the reader from the beginning of the poem. It is therefore obvious that the opening verse is a woman talking about being accused of infidelity. He doesn't seem to care what he does because there are plenty of women out there for every man and he doesn't want people trying to monopolize his sexuality: "'What if I did, what then?' / The sea has fish for every man” (Gascoigne 1007).