The differences and shifts in the imagery and the tone in the poem also portray how something can seem so good and so perfect on the outside, but in reality is not really beneficial at all. This comparison can be made to many aspects of life today, which makes this poem timeless.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
John Keats
John Keats' poem "La Belle Dame sans Mercy" uses a large amount of imagery to stimulate the reader's imagination. A lot of his imagery is visual, but there is imagery pertaining to smell and hearing as well. His use of imagery works very well to create a drastic change in tone after lines 12 and 36. The poem goes from pleasant images like "fragrant zone" (line 22) and "elfin grot" (line 29) to those of "death-pale" (line 38) and "starv'd lips" (line 41). This contrast in the imagery and the tone allow the reader to be able to understand the speaker's horror in his dream that starts on line 37.
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Rachel,
You picked a great poem to explore and discuss in Keats's "La Belle Dame sans Merci,"but I was a bit disappointed in the discussion you provide for it. Your post seems rushed and cursory at times. You quote only the smallest phrases from the poem, and don't provide much if any analysis of them. By the end of the post you are not even doing that, and just gesture toward the dream section without any specificity. ALso, you don't mention any of the comparisons one might make between the poem and life today, so your reader cannot understand what you have in mind with such a claim.
Please try to avoid repeating these problems in subsequent posts--they hinder the success of your writing.
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