The archetypal adventurer character is prominent in the poem due to the speaker’s willingness to sacrifice all she/he has for the excitement of new experiences. The speaker exhorts the reader to barter in order to experience life’s true gifts. The adventurer character is shown when the speaker says “Spend all you have for loveliness, Buy it and never count the cost;” (Teasdale 13-14). The speaker is willing to take risks but she/he warns us to not always live life trying to pursue happiness by risking everything you have, because if you do, you could encounter undesirable consequences. The archetypal adventurer character is portrayed through the curious demeanour that the speaker presents when he/she says “ And children’s faces looking up,
