John Keats- La Belle Dame Sans Merci
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- Created on: 22-05-17 14:51
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci-
'O what can ail thee, kight- at arms,'
- The kight possess megalopsychia (greatness of soul)
- 'Kight' relates to midieval/ Arthurian times- has connotations with strength and power used for acts of good- contrasts to first 3 stanzas where the knight is ill and weak becuase of the woman or 'faery'
'Full beautiful- a faery's child'
- 'faery'- too good to be true? too beautiful?
- She is physiclly beautiful
- 'faery's child'- connotations of innocence- contrasts with the line 'And her eyes were wild'- she isn't innocent/ sexual object
- Knight is blinded by her beauty and cannot see it will end badly- tragic blindness
'I made a garland for her head, And bracelets too,'
- could be seen as knight tradionally wooing her with flowers
- or bracelets could represent handcuffs- handcuffs her then…
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