Poetry - La Belle Dame Merci - John Keats

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GCSE English (Poetry) Mind Map on Poetry - La Belle Dame Merci - John Keats, created by Zeb Summerfield on 31/05/2017.
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Poetry - La Belle Dame Merci - John Keats
  1. Iambic Pentameter
    1. not every fourth line
      1. something is missing
    2. 'ail' / 'palely' / 'fever-dew'
      1. love has made him sick
        1. 'manna-dew' - she gave him the fever
        2. 'loitering'
          1. no purpose - not what a knight should be
          2. 'faery' / 'elfin'
            1. not human - supernatural
            2. 'dream' and 'dreamt'
              1. repetition
                1. becoming reality
                2. 'thrall'
                  1. slave
                  2. 'sojourn'
                    1. waiting for her
                      1. drained of all energy
                      2. we only hear his perspective
                        1. 'I set her on'
                          1. trying to control her
                            1. control switches
                          2. 'wild wild'
                            1. repetition
                              1. seductive
                                1. emotionally out of control
                                2. Ballad form
                                  1. dream was a warning
                                    1. first three stanzas not from the protaganist
                                      1. 'fading rose'
                                        1. love is draining from him
                                        2. 'fragrant zone'
                                          1. sexual connotations
                                            1. making flowers for her
                                              1. wants to posses her and capture her
                                                1. emasculating
                                              2. 'sweet moan'
                                                1. sexual
                                                  1. oxymoron
                                                  2. 'woe betide!'
                                                    1. he regrets it
                                                      1. it was a mistake
                                                    2. The beautiful lady without mecry
                                                      1. repetition of 'pale'
                                                        1. she has made others pale
                                                        2. he receives a warning about the girl in his dream
                                                          1. he was abandoned by her
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