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Compare and Contrast La Belle Dame sans Merci and A Woman to her Lover
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... Compare and Contrast La Belle Dame sans Merci and A Woman to her Lover In both poems, the women are very much in control. They are both powerful and dominating. The poem LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI is mainly about a man being seduced by a woman who then leaves him. The woman is very much like a temptress and is very seductive. The man she seduces is described as "a knight-at-arms". This suggests it is set in the medieval. The poem A WOMAN TO HER LOVER consists of a woman describing several stereotypical images of women, and she is making it clear to her lover that she is none of them. The woman is taking the upper hand and is showing her independence. She is setting out rules and is aiming to get what she wants (which is equality). We do not hear from the man - and it
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