Poetry , and more especially song , had suffered as a result of the Reformation of the Scottish Protestant church concluded in 1560 .
Poetry may have seemed desirable to offer a more positive image for the later 16th century .
Poetry , and more especially song , had suffered as a result of the Reformation of the Scottish Protestant church concluded in 1560 , and it may have seemed desirable to offer a more positive image for the later 16th century .