literary critical analysis of form, structure, language and context
Written 1832 and revised 1842
- In Part 1, find and analyse phrases which set up an opposition between an isolated and secure world of withdrawal and the social
literary critical analysis of form, structure, language and context
Written 1832 and revised 1842
- In Part 1, find and analyse phrases which set up an opposition between an isolated and secure world of withdrawal and the social active world.
- In Part 2, what causes the change in her?
- In Part 3, note the change in the refrain where Lancelot formally takes over her place, note the anaphora (repeated sentence/clause/phrase/word beginning).
- In Part 4, note how the weather changes. Does this suggest her entanglement with the natural cycle and does this presage her death? If so, what is the significance?
Identify and consider:
- The use of two parts being in the present and two in past, with each part ending in a speech.
- First quatrain: same rhyme for all 4 lines in each verse.
- Second quartrain: same rhyme for 3 lines plus refrain in each verse.
- Second stanza: feminine rhyme; tripping rhythm changes to slow drawn out ‘Four grey walls …’ shows polarity between Camelot and Shalott. Consider the difference.
- SIR LANCELOT.
- Look at the language used to describe Lancelot and e.g. the alliterati