by Alfred Lord Tennyson
PART IV
In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining,
Heavily the low sky raining
Over tower'd Camelot;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote
The Lady of Shalott.
And down the river's dim expanse
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Seeing all his own mischance—
With a glassy countenance
Did she look to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain, and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
The Lady of Shalott.
Lying robed in snowy white
That loosely flew to left and right—
The leaves upon her falling light—
Thro' the noises of the night
She floated down to Camelot:
And as the boat-head wound along
The willowy hills and fields among,
They heard her singing her last song,
The Lady of Shalott.
Heard a carol, mournful, holy,
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her blood was frozen slowly
And her eyes were darken'd wholly,
Turn'd to tower'd Camelot.
For ere she reached upon the tide
The first house by the water side,
Singing in her song she died,
The Lady of Shalott.
Under tower and balcony,
By garden-wall and gallery,
A gleaming shape she floated by,
Dead-pale between the houses high,
Silent into Camelot.
Out upon the wharfs they came,
Knight and burgher, lord and dame,
And around the prow they read her name,
The Lady of Shalott.
Who is this? and what is here?
And in the lighted palace near
Died the sound of royal cheer;
And they cross'd themselves for fear,
All the knights at Camelot:
But Lancelot mused a little space;
He said, "She has a lovely face;
God in His mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."
"The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Question
Use the passage and the painting to answer the question.
A painting of The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse. She is sailing alone in a small boat on the river.
Source: IanDagnall Computing. Alamy Stock Photo
What can you learn about the Lady of Shalott from this section of the poem that is not conveyed in the painting?
(1 point)
Responses
that the Lady of Shallot has red hair
that the Lady of Shallot has red hair
that the Lady of Shalott is looking toward Camelot
that the Lady of Shalott is looking toward Camelot
that the Lady of Shalott had candles in her boat
that the Lady of Shalott had candles in her boat
why Sir Lancelot travels to Camelot
why Sir Lancelot travels to Camelot
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Based on the section of the poem "The Lady of Shalott," one detail that is conveyed in the text but not in the painting is:
that the Lady of Shalott is looking toward Camelot.
This detail shows her awareness and longing for Camelot, which is central to her tragic fate in the poem. The painting may depict her in a boat but may not explicitly convey her gaze or her feelings about Camelot.
