Imagery/ Tone
Lines 4-5 (Imagery): The Elf-Queens actions are found to give and show happiness to her, which also gives the reader a sense that times were well during the "fairy-tale" age.
Line 7 (Imagery): The author shifts from old England to new England, switching from a happy tone, to a more sinister one.
Lines 11-14 (Tone): Author describes the holy friars using an annoyed tone. This makes it seem as if the holy friars were perceived as pests like cockroaches, as if their presence was simply obnoxious.
Line 45-55: The Queen speaks with a very demanding tone, which emphasizes her sovereign qualities, thus making her the most dominant person in the poem so far.
Line 67 (Imagery): This suggests that women can be easily taken advantage of (e.g. through flattery) and are generally weak and fragile. Because their hearts are 'poor' any sense of grandeur would be appealing to them and implies that they can be easily won over if provided with a sense of importance, just as the author recognizes in line 70 - "a man may win us best with flattery"
Line 77-78 (Tone): For the most part, the poem is told in a straightforward way, there is little tone or emotion behind the retelling of events. In these lines the tone changes as the narrator of the poem angrily asserts that the beleif that women are trustworthy, is false. The sudden outburst is almost blasphemous in tone and reveals the way the narrator feels towards that statement
Line 81 (Imagery): By making reference to the knights spirit, the reader gains a much deeper understanding of the knights gloom. Readers can therefore emphatize.
Line 94 (Imagery): Author describes the woman the knight meets as not only old, but also rather unattractive. That she appeared out of nowhere also indicates that she possesses some magical ability.This description given is consistent with the image of a hag, which in celtic folklore usually appears to help or hinder the hero.
Line 131 (Imagery): This sentence provides us with the image of the knight speaking confidently, the loudness of his voice indicating his readiness. To be manly is to be brave, that he spoke with a "manly voice" implies that he spoke without fear suggesting that he already accepted his fate