"La Belle Dame Sans Merci"- Poem Hi ! This is a summary of this poem : "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is a poem, posthumously published, written by John Keats who is considered as one of the most important romantics poets of the second generation due to the volume of his poetry. He was born in 1795 and he died in 1821 from the consumption. His death inspired Shelley, another romantic poet, who wrote Adonais in the honour of Keats. Known by poems such "Ode to a Grecian Urn", published when he was alive, he explores the beauty and the joy aspects in a mysterious and elevating sense. In this poem, Keats mentions the romantic mediaevalism and recurrent themes as love, magic and supernatural. The story talks about a man , called "Knight-At-Arms" who is walking around and meets a supernatural being. This meeting looks like very mysterious and takes place when the winter is coming. "The faery's child", who has long white hair and “faded cheeks”, falls in love with the “Knight”. For long days, they walk around together. She gives him some supernatural food, “honey wild” and “manna dew”, and takes him to her house. Then, the "Knight" falls sleep and starts to dream about ghosts. When he wakes up, he realizes that he is on the other side, condemned to walk around in this cold place. Indeed, because of the supernatural being, the Knight is dead. What do you think about this text?