Excerpt from la belle dame sans merci
john keats
"o what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
alone and palely loitering?
the sedge is wither'd from the lake,
and no birds sing.
'o what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, 5
so haggard and so woe-begone?
the squirrel's granary is full,
and the harvest 's done.
"i see a lily on thy brow
with anguish moist and fever dew: 10
and on thy cheeks a fading rose
fast withereth too.
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in these stanzas, the narrator's attitude toward the knight-at-arms may best be described as?
a)
appalled and angered.
amazed and bewildered.
alarmed and embarrassed.
eliminate
curious and inquisitive.