Foreshadowing

Question 1

The direction the Beadsman goes in suggests his impending death.
“______ he turneth”

Answer 1

“Northward he turneth”

Question 2

Keats creates a semantic field of coldness and finality, foreshadowing the Beadsman’s death.
“And _____ were the flock in _____ fold:
____ were the Beadsman’s _____”

Answer 2

“And silent were the flock in wooly fold:
Numb were the Beadsman’s fingers”

Question 3

Keats provides a red herring to Porphyro’s death through the description of a room.
“Pale, _____, chill and silent as a _____”

Answer 3

“Pale, latticed, chill and silent as a tomb”

Question 4

Keats repeats this descriptive phrase of Porphyro foreshadowing the young lovers’ flee.
“____ like a _____ away”

Answer 4

“Flit like a ghost away”

Question 5

Another red herring, Keats juxtaposes the previous passionate and ambitious “burning Porphyro” to imply his death
“pale as ____-sculptured ______”

Answer 5

“pale as smooth-sculptured stone”