Romanticism
What are the 3 main features of Romanticism ?
Nature, imagination and emotion
Which adjective starting with a "w" is repeated four times in the poem ?
"Wild" = used to descibe the woman's eyes
How many narrators are they ?
2 (in the three first stanzas and the knight in the rest of the poem)
To what lexical field do the words "pale" and "lily" refer ?
Death
Name at least one characteristic/adjective used by the poet to describe the lady.
"wild", "long hair", "light foot", "a faery's child" "beautiful"
Cite 3 words used by Keats belonging to the lexical field of nature.
"Sedge" "Lake" "harvest" "lily" "meads" "cold hill's side" "bird"
What do we call this type of poem ?
a ballad
Do you think that the knight dies at the end ?
Both answers are correct :
- His death is not clearly mentioned,
- However, the final staza comprises numerous hints that are announcing his imminent death ("cold hill's side" + "no bird sings")
She's seductive, emotional but also dangerous (type of character)
Femme Fatale
What does the woman give the knight for subsistance ?
“roots of relish sweet,” “honey wild,” and “manna-dew.”
Why could you tell that the poem has a cycle-like structure ?
- The first stanza is repeated at the end
Name at least one aspect of the poem that makes it liminal.
- Unclear identity of the fairy
- Blurred seasons
- Between life/death and Reality/Imagination