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ISABELLA; OR, THE POT OF BASIL
Quotes:
‘mansion’, ‘house, field or garden’, ‘echo of his name’ – Description
of this setting describes a very large space which could represent the
distance between Isabella and Lorenzo
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‘leading me from the wintry cold… to summer clime’ – This is the
happy moment before everything goes downhill, seeing them
together makes us empathise more with their tragedy
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‘in some forest dim to kill Lorenzo, and there bury him
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‘passed the water Into a forest quiet for the slaughter’ – This represents how
all of the commotion and drama which came of their relationship is now over…
it’s ‘quiet’ and therefore it’s tragic since now the brothers have time to reflect
on their actions and realise that they are now murderers
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The sounds of life shows life is
continuing but without him, tragic because he is observing without being able
to be apart of that
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‘I met a lady in the meads’ – When walking in meads, you’re cautious
of dangerous animals such as snakes, this could represent that the
lady he is about to meet, isn’t who she claims to be
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‘On the cold hills side’ -The incremental repetition of "On the cold
hill's side" reiterates the loss of inspiration that the knight has after
being left for dead and heart broken
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The poem starts and begins with a description of ‘the sedge has
withered from the lake and no birds sing’ the repetition of this
description is important as it shows that the knight-at-arms is stuck
on the cold hills side until he finally passes away
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The
semantic field of cold exaggerates the Gothic setting through pathetic
fallacy, which is significant as Keats uses this for the characterisation of the
beadsman
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The setting is ominous; we are aware that many
characters are awaiting death
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The tragedy it that
religion is closely linked with death as well as life and we can see that the
beadsman is close to his end
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‘heart had brooded, all that wintry day’ – The description of winter signifies
that Madeline is feeling isolated and cold without her love, she is frozen in
time without being aloud to be with him
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blood of queens and kings’ – In this description fruit
is heavily empthasized and fruit is very representative of fertility and
reproduction
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Which is risky for a girl in that time
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This makes us somewhat worried about Porphyro’s intentions
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The fact that Madeline’s decision is made at night also creates the idea she
isn’t very sure of what she is doing
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LAMIA
‘Once upon a time, before the faery broods’- Keats uses references to
classical mythology in this poem, in order to convey a sense of
illusion and evoke a sense of timelessness within the reader
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As we read the poem, it seems that despite the
existence of the notion of love, it is flawed and perhaps unachievable
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