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This poem begins and ends with references to an elderly beadsman, who appears nowhere else in the narrative. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this John Keats poem in which Madeline falls asleep on the title night so she can see her future husband in her dream.
ANSWER: “The Eve of St. Agnes
[10h] While Madeline is dreaming in “The Eve of St. Agnes,” her lover picks up a lute and recites this poem by the medieval poet Alain Chartier in which the speaker eavesdrops on a conversation between a lady and her lover.
ANSWER: La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Keats used it as the basis for his own poem “La Belle Dame sans Merci.”)
[10e] After an encounter with one of these animals, the speaker of a Keats ode wonders, “Was it a vision, or a waking dream?… Do I wake or sleep?”
ANSWER: nightingale [accept “Ode to a Nightingale”]
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