poetry (tragedy)

Question 1

brings together hunter and prey, the reader is never sure of how to respond to her. it is unclear whether she is a victim of love or if she is a predator to lycius. uses similes

Answer 1

striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard

Question 2

knight has been reduced from the epitome of masculinity. connotes sickness and a pointlessness to his actions

Answer 2

alone and palely loitering

Question 3

the knight is consumed by his love for her and it becomes the only thing in his life - ideas of too much love being a kind of madness

Answer 3

and nothing else saw all day long

Question 4

lamia has entered a logical realm and she influences it in strange ways - the mixing of the logical and the paranormal is not good

Answer 4

cretes forest heard no more

Question 5

lycius doesnt see her for who she really is because he is entraptured by her

Answer 5

his eyes had drunk her beauty up

Question 6

the gaze of appollonius physically hurts because her enchantment and hold over lycius cannot withstand his reason and logic

Answer 6

Like a sharp spear, went through her utterly,

Question 7

lamias death kills lycius as well, indicating that her true nature should never have been exposed

Answer 7

Lycius’s arms were empty of delight