“La Belle Dame Sans Merci” literally means “The beautiful lady without mercy”, written by John Keats. It is part of John Keats's romance poetry. The poem is about a knight, described by an unknown person, who is “lonely and palely loitering.” Later in the poem, the knight begins to tell the story of a woman he met and his dream of princes, warriors, and kings who remembered the beautiful lady. The poem has 12 stanzas of 4 lines each. The beginning concerns the anonymous man talking about the knight. The stranger describes the knight as “pale”. There is a lily on the rider which symbolizes death in Western culture. The rose in the ballad symbolizes beauty. It can be inferred that the knight is dead or dying. Later in the poem, the knight tells the readers about his characteristics and how he got it. He also describes the lady he met as a “little girl” and with “wild eyes”. It could symbolize that the lady was magically beautiful. The knight also describes the lady's song as "fairy", which could also mean that she has a beautiful magical voice. The knight also talks about the boy...