La Belle Dans Sans Merci

• A04:

  Ballad

  
  

  Two interpretations:

  1) the Knigh's version of events is that he is the victim of cruel deception by the seemingly supernatural siren

  2) where the Knight attempts to capture to control throug 'romantic' gestures the wild lady

  
  

  Rhythmic but loosely structured to reflect speaker's stream of consciousness
• A03:

  Naturalistic imagery pervades the peome highlights the Romantic nature of the poem (Romantic poets rejected industrialisation and placed emphasis instead upon nature etc.)

  
  

  Poem is about rejection and unrequited love
• Link to GG:

  Characterisation of Daisy as the Femme Fatale
• Quote 1:

  'Full-beautiful - a faery's child
• A02:

  Idealistic, fantasy imagery conveys speaker's mesmerisation of the subject's otherworldly beauty- it is captivating
• Quote 2:

  'She took me to her elfin grot
• A02:

  Dynamic shift the subject gains some power over the knight

  'Elfin' adds to supernatural siren nature
• Pepper:

  'There she lulled me to sleep' - enchanting imagery
• A05:

  'Keats criticises the narcissistic love of his male protagonist
• A03:

  4 years before the poem was written, Napoleon's army had fallen at the Battle of Waterloo and England was revering in the money gained from supporting the dictator's opposition.

  King George Ill was mentally ill and unable to rule so his son, Prince George of Wales ruled England as a proxy. This situation influenced writing such as Percy Shelly's sonnet "England in 1819" which ridiculed the King.
• A03:

  The poem is infused with Keats' personal life and conflicts, seen in the predicament of the dying medieval knight, the predominant character of the ballad.

  It is suggested that this poem also seals Keats' pact with literary immortality.From his letters at the time, there is a sudden merging between his thinking about poetry and poetic theory and the gestation of his works.