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I Dream John Keats La Belle Dame Sans

Front John Keats - La Belle Dame sans Merci. A Ballad
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And there she lulled me asleep
And there I dreamed - Ah! woe betide! -
The latest dream I ever dreamt
On the cold hill side.
Back •'lulled' liquid vowels sensual, natural, ep => subverting knight archetype as she soothes him - he even sacrifices at the end and she doesn't even offer her virginity 
•HIS dream and his paranoia - or does it show this kind of love only exists in dreams?
•He is passive + victim to her 
•Hyphens add to disruptive thought

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