La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats

[kellyrfineman]

Yesterday's post about Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky", which used a form of hymn metre (three lines of more-or-less iambic tetrameter followed by a line of trimeter). Although it is indeed a nonsense poem, "Jabberwocky" is also a narrative poem, meaning one that tells a story. And all that talk of slaying monsters made me think of knights, making

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[lkmadigan]

Ahhh ... one of my favorites, too.

[kellyrfineman]

I so love this poem. And the one I'm going to post tomorrow. (Hint: roughly the same story, different poet.)

[reneesweet]

"I begin to tire of my circular digression, and will move straight to the poem:"

LOL! You are hilarious.

Btw, I'm looking at the painting now...in my reading nook. :) (well, a print of it)

[kellyrfineman]

Thank you. Thankyouverymuch. I'm so glad I amuse someone besides myself!

[reneesweet]

Also, have you seen Bright Star? Did we talk about this?

[kellyrfineman]

We did talk about it, but I still haven't seen it. Must fix that!

[melted_rachel]

Wow! I don't remember reading your version during the contest but I love it, as I love the original too.

I love the little bits of history you find behind the poems - fun to hear about Fanny Brawne!

[kellyrfineman]

I have a tendency to remember trivia, and an inability to keep it to myself. Glad to know that you enjoy it!