The Painting

  This painting shows a mighty knight in the middle of the forest,with a lake in the background. This knight is being seduced by a woman who seems to be forming part of the nature and the environment that surrounds her.

"I saw palekingsandprincestoo

Palewarrior,death-paleweretheyall;

They cried-"LaBelleDame Sans Merci" "

The scent of death, related to this beautiful woman is present in this ballad, what this painting shows is the beautiful lady the "belle dame sans merci", and she is about to take him.

The painting does play with the setting and the mood, although the setting is a forest, with trees, flowers and lots of vegetation, the mood does represent some darkness, this could be because the setting is rather dark, this is related to the melancholic mood the ballad had at some points.