la belle damme sans merci

Question 1

“i dreamed - Ah! woe betide”
“lulled”
“relish sweet, and honey wild, and manna dew”

Answer 1

supernatural
“i dreamed - Ah! woe betide” - caesura, dream-like atmosphere
“lulled” - onomatopoeic, supernatural more significant
“relish sweet, and honey wild, and manna dew” - enchanted, otherworldliness

Question 2

“a fading rose, garland”
“fragrant zone”
“nothing else saw all day long”

Answer 2

love
“a fading rose, garland” - metaphor, flower imagery
“fragrant zone” - euphemistic, sexual edge
“nothing else saw all day long” - obsession, cannot stop looking at her

Question 3

“i see a lily on thy brow”
“and this is why i sojourn here, alone and palely loitering”
“fading rose”

Answer 3

illness/abandonment
“i see a lily on thy brow” - metaphor, he’s pale, lily+white=death
“and this is why i sojourn here, alone and palely loitering” - ambiguous, survive or die?
“fading rose” - physical decay/decline, mirrors season