La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Who is telling the story?
The narrator is telling the story from the Knights perspective.
How is the narrator described by the end of the poem?
He is untrustworthy, wants to be done with his journey, he is in despair, and uncaring.
At the Ice Packs the Mariner encounters what?
The Albatross
What does "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
The Beautiful Lady without Mercy
How does the hoary cripple relate to characters in other poems?
They both go through a hard journey, have struggles, and want the trip to be over.
What happened after the Albatross was killed?
There was no wind pushing them toward land, they were stuck at sea.
What does the Lady make the Knight to fall in love?
The Lady is making him bracelets out of garlands of flowers.
What symbolic value does the tower have?
Represnts darkeness and death
Who appears to the ship?
Life in Death and Death
What does the Lady do to the Knight?
The Lady drains his life force and leaves him to die.
Why is it important that Roland loses his way off his path?
Show that once you lose something, you cannot change the past.
What is the significance of the Wedding?
The Mariner seperated himself from Nature when killing the Albatross, while the wedding is about bringing people togther
How is the poem a metaphor for the act of creation?
The Lady captures you and evrything is going great until everything changes and you are alone on the hill dying.
Why does Childe Roland proceed to follow the directions from the man when he doesn't trust him?
He wants the journey to be over and for everything to be done, doesn't care if he looses.
Sin and guilt represnts what in this poem?