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This simile reveals how death comes upon one very ferociously. During autumn bears are far more desperate for food to stock up in preparation for their hibernation period.
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The lady is sick of her isolated life being lived inside of this tower.
This utterance would go on to form the title of a children’s detective novel by Alan Bradley:
This also recalls a few lines from earlier in Part II:
And moving thro' a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year,
Shadows of the world appear.
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The speaker is comparing Lancelot’s feathered helmet to the tail “beard” of a meteor
Pretty much the same thing
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Lancelot is the most famous of the knights from King Arthur’s round table. He is most known for his love affair with Arthur’s wife and the part he played in searching for the Holy Grail.
That loosely flew to left and right--
The leaves upon her falling light--
Thro' the noises of the night
She floated down to Camelot: Alfred Lord Tennyson – The Lady of Shalott
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White is a color often associated with pureness, cleanness, innocence, etc. So its application to the Lady of Shallot here seems to suggest that she possesses such qualities.
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot. Alfred Lord Tennyson – The Lady of Shalott
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Here we are introduced to the “Lady of Shalott.” She is the classic beautiful maiden trapped in a tower under a curse. Speaking of women trapped by their weaving, this may also be an allusion to Penelope, the wife of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey, who weaved all day longing for her husband’s return.
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The river is an important image that repeats over and over again, pulling the poem along.
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