| Front | John Keats - La Belle Dame sans Merci. A Ballad Explore: x4 X I saw pale kings, and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; They cried - 'La Belle Dame sans Merci Thee hath in thrall!' |
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| Back | •Links himself to high calabre of kings and princes (high self-esteem) - do we lose respect for him because he's not as emotionally strong as his knight persona while he is being self-pitying? 'palely loitering' •Atypically woman objectified men => she chooses kings, princes, warriors and knights => high status •Dialogue warns chivalrous men that beautiful women can be without gratitude+kindness - or mercy. •duo use of 'pale' is apparition-like (ghost) => not real? •'pale warriors' Biblical reference – 4 horseman of the apocalypse. Keats’s attempt at proving himself well read (he was too poor to be thoroughly educated) |
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