La Belle Dame sans Merci Quotes

Question 1

SUFFERING

Isolation

Answer 1

‘Alone and palely loitering,
Though the sedge is withered from the lake,
And no birds sing.’

Question 1

SUFFERING

Miscommunication

Answer 1

‘’And sure in language strange she said—

‘I love thee true’.’

Question 2

SUFFERING

Women’s presence

Answer 2

‘She lulled me to sleep’
‘I set her on my pacing steed,
And nothing else saw all day long,’

Question 3

SEPARATION

Peace in separation

Answer 3

Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried—‘La Belle Dame sans Merci
Thee hath in thrall!’

Question 4

SEPARATION

Stolen love

Answer 4

‘I see a lily on thy brow,

With anguish moist and fever-dew,’

Question 5

SEPARATION

Pragma

Answer 5

‘I sojourn here,

Alone and palely loitering,’

Question 6

COMMITMENT/FULLFILMENT

Marriage

Answer 6

And sure in language strange she said—

‘I love thee true’.

Question 7

COMMITMENT/FULFILLMENT

Faith/belief in supernatural

Answer 7

‘She found me roots of relish sweet,
And honey wild, and manna-dew,’
‘She took me to her Elfin grot,’

Question 8

COMMITMENT/FULFILLMENT

Longevity and satisfaction of relationships

Answer 8

‘And this is why I sojourn here,

Alone and palely loitering,’