Which of the following describes the main theme of the poem 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' ? *
Untrustworthy women
The power of dreams to foretell the future
Unrequited love
How time heals wounds
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Answer:
La Belle Dame Sans Merci" deals with supernatural elements. The woman that the knight falls in love with is described as a "faery's child." A faery is a mythical, supernatural being, thus, by describing the woman as a faery's child, Keats brings out the theme of supernatural beings in this poem. Moreover, when the knight describes the time he spent with the woman, he states that she gave him wild food, thereby bringing out the eeriness of this woman.
In the end, the knight finds himself on a cold hillside along with other men who were rapt in the same woman's spell. When they saw the knight, they exclaimed that "La Belle Dame sans Merci / Thee hath in thrall!’. Through the setting and the description of the woman, Keats brings out the supernatural element in this poem