In the story she is a faery, which is most popularly defined as a human size "fairy."
There is definite answer to who she really is, Keats leaves this for you to decide.
I think she represents love (in general) and the Romantics' infactuation with the unattainable and the longing to escape.
Romantics: writers of the Romantic era
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imagery, repetition, personification, alitteration
John Keats (1795-1821)
He has seen the 'other pale victims' and is horrifed.
Written around April/May 1819 First Published 1820
The story does not specify that the Knight died. However he is in really bad shape, Keats leaves you with the possibility/the thought that the Knight "may" die soon.
U tell me.
John Keats
The rhyme scheme of "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" by John Keats is ABABCB.
The cast of La Belle Dame Sans Merci - 2011 includes: Graeme Donaldson as John Ashleigh Gloyne as Mary Ian Lawlor as Demon Sara Rose Dickson as La Belle Dame
the lady without mercy/pity
The cast of La belle dame sans merci - 1920 includes: Tania Daleyme as Lola de Sandoval Lucien Glen as Lucien Louis Monfils
The cast of La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats - 1996 includes: Annie Carpenter Elizabeth Jasicki Joseph Millson
The beautiful lady without pity is an English equivalent of 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' by English poet John Keats [October 31, 1795-February 23, 1821].
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imagery, repetition, personification, alitteration
John Keats (1795-1821)
mercy or pity in Englsh and merci in French mean about the same. "La belle dame sans merci" -- John Keats