La Belle Dame Sans Merci - Edexcel GCSE 9-1 - Poetry - Relationships cluster 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureEdexcel anthology - relationshipsGCSEEdexcel Created by: Ellie McNelisCreated on: 17-04-18 18:30 Name of Poet John Keats 1 of 16 Date poem was written 1819 2 of 16 Key point Offers a warning about infatuation and shows the obsessive, merciless side of love 3 of 16 Specific form / Type of poem Ballad 4 of 16 Context (era and beliefs) Romantic poet, focused on love and beauty 5 of 16 Context (love life) Keats was in love with a local woman but could not be with her as her family disapproved 6 of 16 Context (illness) Keats was dying of TB and became very pale and feverish (link to poem) 7 of 16 3 language points (subject terminology) Pronoun "her" ,,,,,,,, Seasonal imagery ,,,,,,,, Alliterative sibilance 8 of 16 3 form/ structure points 12 quatrains,,,,,,,, Cyclical structure,,,,,,,,, Iambic tetrameter 9 of 16 Pronoun "her" To beautiful so uses a pronoun and metaphor "A Faery's child",,,,,,,,,, Supernatural 10 of 16 Seasonal Imagery "cold". "no birds". ,,,,,,,, "harvests done",,,,,,,,, "rose". "garland". "roots" 11 of 16 Alliterative sibilance in Stanza 7 (Quote) "sure in language strange she said" 12 of 16 Significance of 12 quatrains 12 stanzas may link to 12 months in a year and 4 lines in each stanza may link to the approximate 4 weeks in a month 13 of 16 Cyclical structure (quote) "Alone and palely loitering",,,,,,, "sedge is withered from the lake",,,,,,,,,,, "and no birds sing" ------ pathetic fallacy 14 of 16 Significance of Iambic Tetrameter Creates a sad, funeral like tone that links to death and grief 15 of 16 What to compare 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' with? 'My Last Duchess' 16 of 16
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