Quotes Flashcards
“All pain but pity;…”
“… Thus the lone voice spake”
Quotation to resemble Lamia in the form of a snake and imagery of a snake pulsing and allusion of Adam and Eve
“Until he found a palpitating snake”
Quotation that shows Lamia has the power to see peoples feelings and know what they are doing. There is an example of alliteration
“Death to his throbbing throat’s long, long melodious moan”
An alexandrine breaks the ABC rhyme scheme, which is symbolic of lamia breaking her promise to the nymph
“Of both the guarded nymph near smiling on the green”
A quote that directly references tragedy, “pity”, introduces a protagonist and creates ambiguity of Lamia being a victim or being manipulative
“All pain but pity; thus the lone voice spake
A quotation that shows the knowledge of Lamia and Lamia’s character is and her past is developed, showing how she became deceptive. There is also a use of archaic language
“Cupid’s college she had spent sweet days as a lovely graduate and kept his rosy terms in idle languishment”
“Cupid’s college she had spent sweet…”
“…days as a lovely graduate and kept his rosy terms in idle languishment”
The introduction to Lycius, which is late in the poem. Lycius is presented to be like a god and to be very calm, while being successful. He gives off the impression of a successful sportsman and Lamia like a fangirl
“She saw the young Corinthian Lycius. Like a young jove with calm uneager face”
“In the calm Twilight of platonic shades”
There is a reference to Plato’s cave and the representation of what’s real and what isn’t. This links to the idea of negative capability, which can be seen when Lycius doesn’t question Lamia’s real form
Lycius loses his calm attitude and his death is foreshadowed, which maybe is due to Lamia’s possible enchantment
“Even as thou vanishest so I shall die”
“She saw the Corinthian Lycius…”
“… like a young jove with calm uneager face”
Lycius already love’s lamia when he poses a love test upon her. It gives off the impression he is enchanted, or as Keats would most likely view, love is already enough of an enchantment
“Swooned, marmering of love and pale with pain”
There is negative capability when Lycius doesn’t look into Lamia’s lie and he accepts it. The narrator suggests that Lamia constructs a narrative to suit herself and manipulates Lycius
“Lycius could not love in half a fright so threw his goddess off and won his heart more pleasantly by playing a woman’s part
Lycius’ death foreshadowed again in line 410, though now the listener may believe that Lycius is in fact the tragic protagonist and not Lamia. Lamia is immortal and so cannot die
“Had Lycius lived to hand his story down”
Lamia and Lycius’ roles are reversed as Lamia is now fearful of being exposed. She is described as “penetrant”, as if she can see through Lycius
“Ever watchful, penetrant saw this with pain”
