The definition of the sublime experience is a combination of joy and fear. The Romantics including Keats saw the sublime as the ultimate living experience. As a result a poem like “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” represents love as a sublime experience.
Explain this theme in his poem “La Belle Dame Sans Merci.” Also explain the use of imagery and diction in this poem and its support of the sublime experience. (Write one paragraph on each of these elements).
GRADING RUBRIC
-Essay analyzes theme, imagery, and diction and gives sufficient specific examples.
-Essay is carefully MLA formatted and documented.
-Essay is carefully edited i.e. it is free of grammar and syntax errors.