Can someone please explain the poem called The Courtin' by James Russel Lowell? I am supposed to describe how the society in which the young people lived, using inference drawn from reading the poem.

Can someone please explain the poem called The Courtin' by James Russel Lowell? I am supposed to describe how the society in which the young people lived, using inference drawn from reading the poem. I have a hard time understanding this poem. ...?