Comparison of Porphyria's lover by R.Browning & La Belle Dame san merci by J.keats

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COMPARISON OF 'PORPHyRIA'S LOVE' BY r.BROWNING AND 'LA BELLE DAME SAN MERCI' BY J.KEATS

The narrator in 'Porphyria's lover' is the man who murders Porphria, who is Porphyria's lover. The poem is in past tense, but at the end of the poem it changes into present, it makes you feel that it has just happened.

In 'La Belle Dame San Merci' there are two narrators. In verse one there is a person passing by who asks a question and repeats it in verse two, "Oh what can ail thee knight at arms," and "Oh what can ail thee knight at arms" the knight might not be responding because of his love for the faery lady. In verse four the knight takes on the role of the narrator and starts to tell his story.

The form of both poems differs. In "Porphyria's lover" there is one long narrative which works well because it enhances the drama, emotions and atmosphere of the story line. The poem is in a monologue because Porphyria's lover talks about the murder, which is different from "La Belle Dame San Merci."

"La Belle Dame San Merci," is written totally differently from "Porphyria's lover," It has a regular form of twelve verses, of four lines each and a regular rhyming scheme with every other line rhyming. (Verse 1 and verse 2 are questions, which are answered in verse 12).

It's raining when Porphyria came in to the building. She took off her cloak off and hung it up. She then lit the fire and walked over to her lover. He ignored her until she told him that she loved him, he then killed Porphyria by rapping her hair around her neck. He did this because he believed that she wasn't completely his and he wanted her all to him self. When Porphyria was dead he stayed with the body as if it was still alive.
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"La Belle Dame San Merci," starts off with a knight without any one to love until he is visited by a faery lady who sings songs to him and makes him fall in love with her. The knight fell asleep after kissing the faery lady and was warned in his sleep by kings and princes of the faery lady when he awoke the faery lady had gone and left him. And the knight was left to wonder the hills looking for his faery lady.

"Porphyria's lover" was written in 1836 and is based in the same ...

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