Here's a breakdown:
* Stanza 7: Lord Randal reveals he ate a "bread and a bone," but the focus shifts to his illness ("I'm sick at the heart, and I fain would lie down").
* Stanza 8: His mother emphasizes the gravity of his condition, noting his pale complexion ("My son, my son, you look pale and wan").
* Stanza 9: Randal describes the food that made him sick ("I've eaten of an eel, and a little bit of a breid," ) and its potential poison ("But I'm sick at the heart, and I think I'm going to die").
* Stanza 10: Randal identifies the eel as the source of the poison ("O mother, mother, make my bed soon, for I'm sick at the heart, and I'm like to be gone").
These stanzas effectively portray Randal's declining health, leading to his death, while revealing the eel as the deadly culprit. It shifts from a seemingly innocuous description of Lord Randal's meal to a chilling account of his poisoned fate.