La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

Ballad
ABCB rhyme scheme
Iambic pentameter
Last line shortens which disrupts iambic tetrameter

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

Question and answer narrative
First 3 stanzas a speaker questions the knight
Repetition of 1st stanza creates cyclical structure

Question 3

Language

Answer 3

Supernatural imagery
Contrast- Knights present and past situations