Description of the knight/Narrative voice Flashcards
1
Q
The initial omniscient narrator acts as the reader’s voice, as they question the knight’s subversion of stereotype (poetic method)
A
“O what can ail thee,knight-at-arms”
2
Q
He is described as a contrast to the stereotypical knight - he is not in an order of chivalry (group of knights), he is not strong nor brave
A
“alone and palely-loitering”
“so haggard and so woe-begone”