This document summarizes the poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" by John Keats. It discusses each stanza of the poem: In the first stanza, a speaker questions a pale knight wandering alone. The second stanza describes the barren winter landscape. In the third, the speaker again asks what ails the knight. The fourth introduces that the knight met a beautiful fairy-like woman in the fields, with long hair, light feet, and wild eyes. The summary analyzes the description and mood in each section.

2. Presentation Preparedby:
Farwa Aqeel
Presentedto:
Ma’amMisbah
Topic:
La belle damesans merci

4. "O WHAT “O WHAT can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has wither'dfromthe lake,
And no birds sing”

5. O WHAT can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
 Poem is started from a question.
 Anonymous poet ask question about knights
appearance.
 Why knight is drifting aimlessly.
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6. The sedgehas wither'dfromthe lake,
And no birds sing.
 Sharp winter season.
 Small plants are dried up.
 Birds are flown away to warmer climates.
 Knight is wandering alone in barren place. S

7. “O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
So haggard and so woe-be gone?
the squirrel's granary is full,
And the harvest's done”

8. O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
So haggard and so woe-be gone?
 Knight didn’t respond to the speaker’s question.
 Speaker again asked the question.
 Two adjective are mentioned here “sick” &
“depressed”.
 Why you look so weak and sorrowful?

9. The squirrel's granary is full,
And the harvest's done
 Squirrel had collected her food for winters & no
need to come out side in cold.
 Farmer has reaped and gathered their harvest.
 Everyone is comfortable in there houses.

10. “I see a lily on thybrow
With anguish moist and fever-dew.
And on thy cheeks a fadingrose
Fast witherethtoo”

11. I seea lily on thy brow
Withanguishmoist and fever-dew.
 Knight looks very weak and his forehead is white and
bloodless like a lily.
 His forehead is sweating due to fever and he is also
worried.

12. And on thy cheeks a fadingrose
Fast witherethtoo
 His cheeks colour is fading like rose is near to it
death.
 Soon his cheeks will fade away completely.

13. “I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful – a faery's child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild”

14. I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful – a faery's child
 The stanza’s point of view is changed.
 All of a sudden the knight, answers the unnamed speaker’s
questions.
 Now “I” is the knight rather than original speaker.
 Knights says that he met a fairy-like lady in the fields.

15. Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild
 Now the knight explains the appearance of that
lady.
 She has long hair, was graceful and her eyes
were wild.
 Eye having emotional excitement or attractive.