La Belle Dame Sans Merci Flashcards
1
Q
Narrative thread of sadness throughout
A
Alone and palely loitering
2
Q
Sickness imagery
A
Anguish moist and fever dew
Fast withereth too
Starved lips
3
Q
Description of other knights
A
Pale kings and princes too, pale warriors, death pale were they all
4
Q
Nature imagery
A
No birds sing (repeated)
A fading rose
5
Q
Supernatural imagery
A
Honey wild and manna dew
Language strange
Elfin grot
She lulled me asleep
6
Q
Description of la belle
A
Her eyes were wild
Wild wild eyes
Full beautiful
7
Q
What did the knight do for la belle
A
I made a Garland for her head and bracelets too
8
Q
Knights exclamation after dream
A
‘Ah! Wow betide!”
9
Q
Where was the knight lying
A
On the cold hill side (repeated)
10
Q
Point of realisation (anagnorisis)
A
And I awoke
