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    <title>La Belle Dame sans Merci Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the La Belle Dame sans Merci Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Personally, I believe that the first speaker, or narator is key to the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Personally, I believe that the first speaker, or narator is key to the whole poem.
In order to suggest a physical and recognisable identity for this figure, we must first look at the surroundings, and establish to where the poem is actually being set.
Naturally, we must re-read the poem several times, as I am sure John keats intended, in order to raise a logical opinion.
The setting is simple, a cold, lifeless hill. To add to this view of a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:54:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[John Keats uses the image of the knight and the spectral maiden to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[John Keats uses the image of the knight and the spectral maiden to denote courtly love and unrequited love. He also uses the absence of the birds' song and the withering of nature to denote decay and the deterioration of earthly emotion.

O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing.

The images of isolation and "palely loitering" begin the theme of unrequited...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:32:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Which two themes are being highlighted by Keats in this poem. What...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Which two themes are being highlighted by Keats in this poem. What different images he has used to present them?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 07:36:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[how does this poem reflect or differ from what he believe about beauty ??]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[how does this poem reflect or differ from what he believe about beauty ??]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:10:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[La Belle Dame Sans Merci is a ballad written by Keats on the temptation...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[La Belle Dame Sans Merci is a ballad written by Keats on the temptation and tragic disillusionment of love. Composed in the mode of a dialogue, the poem reveals a tale recounted by a knight-at-arms, seduced by a fairy and then left forlorn in a cold hill-side with all the charms of love gone and the nature withering away.
Ode to Autumn is, on the other hand, an ode which emphasises the theme of fruition and fulfilment inspite of the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:09:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does "La Belle Dame sans Merci" differ from Keats's other poems...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does "La Belle Dame sans Merci" differ from Keats's other poems like "To Autumn"???]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:40:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are two opinions on the construction of La Belle Dame sans Merci...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are two opinions on the construction of La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats. The first is that there is an unidentified observer speaking to a knight lying on a hillside; but this view embodies some illogicality that is not neatly done away with. The second version is that the knight himself is speaking throughout as a sort of self-observing, self-questioning narrator.The first view, which requires someone external to the story being...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:25:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In La Belle Dame sand Merci, who is speaking in Stanzas I- III?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In La Belle Dame sand Merci, who is speaking in Stanzas I- III?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:22:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think one of the most interesting aspects of Keats' poem is the idea...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think one of the most interesting aspects of Keats' poem is the idea of the initial setting.  The opening stanza helps to illuminate the condition of the knight, and Keats uses lush and powerful imagery to bring such an image into focus.  "The sedge has with'rd from the lake/ and no birds sing" help to bring a mood of quiet despondency within the setting, almost indicating the sense of loss that will be revealed later on in the poem. ...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:43:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Write a description of the scene in the poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci".]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Write a description of the scene in the poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci".]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:58:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the Romantic Age there was a renewed interest in the ballad from...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the Romantic Age there was a renewed interest in the ballad from which was sparked off by Percy's "Reliques" and Wordsworth and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads." Keats was influenced by the Ballad Revival and his Â literary ballad "La belle Dame sans Merci" (the beautiful pitiless lady) deals with the plight of a "knight-at-arms" who has been seduced by "a full beautiful faery's child" only to be deceived and enslaved by her.
The poem begins...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:13:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Critically analyse the poem 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' with emphasis on...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Critically analyse the poem 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' with emphasis on the background, title, theme and style.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:39:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The poem is a meditation on the mystical quality of the natural world,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The poem is a meditation on the mystical quality of the natural world, as well as a paean to romantic, unattainable love. The girl the knight meets and falls in love with is a fairy, one of the fey, demi-human creatures who seduce humans. There was a strong belief and interest in fairy folklore when this poem was written. Legends say that when a human being eats or drinks anything offered by the fey, or engages in sexual relations with them,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:40:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the Romantic Age there was a renewed interest in the ballad from...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/la-belle/q-and-a/what-impact-la-belle-dame-sans-merci-96837</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the Romantic Age there was a renewed interest in the ballad from which was sparked off by Percy's "Reliques" and Wordsworth and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads." Keats was influenced by the Ballad Revival and his Â literary ballad "La belle Dame sans Merci" (the beautiful pitiless lady) deals with the plight of a "knight-at-arms" who has been seduced by "a full beautiful faery's child" only to be deceived and enslaved by her.
The poem begins...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:26:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the impact of Keats' "La Belle Dame Sans Merci "?
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the impact of Keats' "La Belle Dame Sans Merci "?
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:39:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Being a ballad, the style is a narrative, third person, story telling,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Being a ballad, the style is a narrative, third person, story telling, lyrical method of retelling.  It begins with an outsider's point of view about the knight and his experiences with the woman, and then moves the point of view to the knight himself, where the ballad continues and concludes.  There is not a chorus or some type of choral repetition present, but the story and lyrical quality is evident.  The first stanza opens with a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:47:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the style used in the ballad, "La Belle Dams sans Merci"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the style used in the ballad, "La Belle Dams sans Merci"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:11:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the Romantic Age there was a renewed interest in the ballad form...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the Romantic Age there was a renewed interest in the ballad form which was sparked off by Percy's "Reliques" and Wolrdsworth and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads." Keats was influenced by the Ballad Revival and his Â literary ballad "La belle Dame sans Merci" (the beautiful pitiless lady) deals with the plight of a "knight-at-arms" who has been seduced by "a full beautifull faery's child" only to be deceived and enslaved by her.
The poem...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:45:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the Romantic Age there was a renewed interest in the ballad form...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/la-belle/q-and-a/can-have-detailed-explanation-poem-l-belle-dame-92251</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the Romantic Age there was a renewed interest in the ballad form which was sparked off by Percy's "Reliques" and Wolrdsworth and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads." Keats was influenced by the Ballad Revival and his  literary ballad "La belle Dame sans Merci" (the beautiful pitiless lady) deals with the plight of a "knight-at-arms" who has been seduced by "a full beautifull faery's child" only to be deceived and enslaved by her.
The poem begins...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:35:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The surface meaning of this poem is about this knight who is entranced...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The surface meaning of this poem is about this knight who is entranced and lured by this woman in the wilderness, a faery queen.  The knight succumbs to her and is enamored with her, as they both immerse their hearts within one another.  The knight wakes up at the end of the poem and is alone, with the woman nowhere to be found.  The exact meaning of the poem is fairly complex and difficult to ascertain.  Knights, by virtue, as supposed to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:00:53 PST</pubDate>
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