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Labiba Alamgir(Shemonty)

The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Paraphrase:

The poem is divided into four parts. This poem is telling the story of a cursed women.
The first part of the poem starts with the description of the setting. There is a road which runs through a castle called Camelot. From that road an island called Shalott can be seen. A mysterious lady,called Lady of Shalott, lives here. No one in that area never saw her, but they heard her singing.The second part of the poem shows Lady of Shalott in depth. She is a cursed lady, and forbidden to look outside. She weaves a magic web, and watches the outside world in a magic mirror. She sees just the shadows of people passing that area. The end of this part of the poem tells us she is mentally depressed because of this weaving, and watching. The third part introduces us to a new character named Sir Lancelot. He was passing by Shalott, and was dressed with shining armour and jewels. Lady of Shalott was watching him in the magic mirror. She was highly fascinated by him. She left her room, and looked down to Camelot by forgetting about her curse. The mirror cracked, and she understood she was in trouble. The fourth part of the poem is very tragic. Lady of Shalott knew she was going to die . She sat on a boat, and wrote her name on it. She committed suicide by floating down the river by boat. She reached Camelot. She also sang her final song before that. Sir Lancelot saw her dead body. He thought she had a lovely face, and prayed for her.

Analysis:
Theme:
This poem has several themes. It talks about a lady who is isolated from everyone, and how she is depressed with her lonely life. A big part of the poem also describes some supernatural things...

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...song. It's a reference to a song from Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale (Act 4, Scene 3) where one of the characters
Mood:
At first the mood of the poem was mysterious while it introduced us with the separated island, and Lady of Shalott. The second part of the poem described Lady of Shalott, and her magic mirrors, webs which created a supernatural mood later. The third part of the poem shared a romantic mood as Sir Lancelot enters the poem. The last part of the poem was written in a tragic mood as the Lady of Shalott committed suicide.
Tone:
The poet of the poem uses a very dark tone to describe the story of a lonely cursed lady.
Poetic Form:
This poem is a ballad. Ballad usually tells a story, and this poem also tells a story of a cursed lady. Ballads also uses repetition or refrain. In this poem most of the time at the end of verses we had “The Lady of Shalott.”