La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Publication year of poem
Publication year of poem
1819
Title meaning in English
Title meaning in English
Beautiful lady without mercy/pity
Narrative technique used
Narrative technique used
Frame narrative
Knight's term for the lady
Knight's term for the lady
Faery's child
Foods lady offers knight
Foods lady offers knight
Roots of relish sweet, honey wild, manna-dew
Pale figures' warning to knight
Pale figures' warning to knight
La Belle Dame sans Merci thee hath in thrall
Poem's rhyme scheme
Poem's rhyme scheme
ABCB
Main metrical pattern
Main metrical pattern
Iambic tetrameter
Repeated stanzas creating circular structure
Repeated stanzas creating circular structure
1 and 12
Device: landscape mirrors knight's desolation
Device: landscape mirrors knight's desolation
Pathetic fallacy