poetry essay
Les Eisley Jr.
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Romantic Poetry Analysis Paper In Romantic poetry, lonely feelings associated with love are often seen. Through this idea, many authors were able to express how lonely they felt in society because of the absence of love in their life. In “La Belle Dam Sans Merci”, Keats uses metonymy, imagery, and symbolism to convey how loneliness associates with love.
Metonymy is used to express in vivid detail the loneliness of the knight and the emptiness in his life. As the knight walks through the swamp he observes “The squirrel's granary is full, and the harvest is done.”(line 4). This quote indicates that it is winter. For some people winter can be the loneliest time of the year if you don’t have someone that you love with you. The knight is very lonely at this time. As the knight wonders around the cold dead lake he states “I see a lily on thy brow with anguish moist and fever dew, and on thy cheek a fading rose fast withereth too.”(line 5 &6) As the knight is alone without love and it is cold, he is also very ill.
In the poem Keats uses imagery so that the reader can really visualize how lonely the knight is and the love that the woman and knight share. As the knight walks through the waste land he cries “Alone and palely, loitering the sedge has withered from the lake and no birds sing.”(line 1&2) This quote shows how the knight is lonely and is searching for love. As the knight is loitering through the wasteland, he stumbles upon a beautiful woman and as he sees her he states, “Her hair was long, her foot was light, her eyes were wild.” (line 17) This quote shows the beauty of the woman, how lovely she is and how he is less lonely. These quotes really help you imagine the loneliness of the man and the beauty of the woman. Keats uses symbolism to show the love between the woman and the knight. As the knight and the woman get intimate he states, “I set her on my pacing steed”(line 24). This quote shows
Period:2*
Romantic Poetry Analysis Paper In Romantic poetry, lonely feelings associated with love are often seen. Through this idea, many authors were able to express how lonely they felt in society because of the absence of love in their life. In “La Belle Dam Sans Merci”, Keats uses metonymy, imagery, and symbolism to convey how loneliness associates with love.
Metonymy is used to express in vivid detail the loneliness of the knight and the emptiness in his life. As the knight walks through the swamp he observes “The squirrel's granary is full, and the harvest is done.”(line 4). This quote indicates that it is winter. For some people winter can be the loneliest time of the year if you don’t have someone that you love with you. The knight is very lonely at this time. As the knight wonders around the cold dead lake he states “I see a lily on thy brow with anguish moist and fever dew, and on thy cheek a fading rose fast withereth too.”(line 5 &6) As the knight is alone without love and it is cold, he is also very ill.
In the poem Keats uses imagery so that the reader can really visualize how lonely the knight is and the love that the woman and knight share. As the knight walks through the waste land he cries “Alone and palely, loitering the sedge has withered from the lake and no birds sing.”(line 1&2) This quote shows how the knight is lonely and is searching for love. As the knight is loitering through the wasteland, he stumbles upon a beautiful woman and as he sees her he states, “Her hair was long, her foot was light, her eyes were wild.” (line 17) This quote shows the beauty of the woman, how lovely she is and how he is less lonely. These quotes really help you imagine the loneliness of the man and the beauty of the woman. Keats uses symbolism to show the love between the woman and the knight. As the knight and the woman get intimate he states, “I set her on my pacing steed”(line 24). This quote shows