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What is the connotative effect of the word loitering (lines 2 and 46) in this poem?

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well loitering is a connotative word so im guessing it has a negative feeling towards the poem

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It suggests that the Knight feels purposeless, has lost his energy and drive, and now no longer wants or strives for anything.
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