This "inspiring bold" figure is told "what dangers thou canst make us scorn!"
A poem by Carol Ann Duffy repeatedly calls this figure a "Green Man" and says "I saw him in the Seven Stars, and in the Plough," as well as dozens upon dozens of other places. In another poem, this figure is tied to a cart like a rogue being punished for forgery, then "cudgell'd ... full sore." That poem declares of this figure, "may his great posterity never fail." In a traditional song, this figure has clods thrown on his head after three men take a vow to kill him, but he is resurrected in the spring. A Jack (*) London novel named after this figure provides an early use of the image of drunk people hallucinating pink elephants. This "inspiring bold" figure is told "what dangers thou canst make us scorn!" in Robert Burns' "Tam o' Shanter." For 10 points, name this personification of whiskey and beer, named after the grain from which they're made.
A poem by Carol Ann Duffy repeatedly calls this figure a "Green Man" and says "I saw him in the Seven Stars, and in the Plough," as well as dozens upon dozens of other places.
John Barleycorn