La Belle Dame Flashcards
(6 cards)
Oh, what can all the night arms alone and Paley loitering the stage has withered from the lake and no birds sing?
Refrain – antiromantic, status, loss of life, opposite to the sublime
I made a garland for her head and bracelets too and fragrance zone. She looked at me as she did love and made sweet moan.
Sexuality, abandoning of duty, seduction, male gaze
I set her on my pacing Steed
Male dominance, misunderstanding controlling
I shut her wild wild eyes with kisses four
anti romantic male dominance/patriarchy
I saw pale Kings and Princes too pale warriors death pale were they all
Warning about abandoning duty/status power of Lbd
She lulled me to sleep
Maternal image deceitful, manipulative seductress