The Lady of Shalott
Part I
1. What is Shalott?
2. Choose six words from Part I which help describe the
setting.
3. Who is imprisoned on Shalott? How do we know this?
4. How do we know that nobody has ever seen the person
in the tower?
5. Explain how the poet builds up a sense of mystery.
6. How do the people of Camelot refer to the person in the
tower? How do they know she is there?
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The Lady of Shalott
Part II
1. Describe, in as much detail as you can, the room inside
the tower.
2. Why does the Lady of Shalott never look out of the
window? Find a quotation which shows this.
3. What does she see in the mirror?
4. What does she spend her time doing?
5. How does the poet show that the Lady is not very happy
at the end of this section?
6. Can you see any pattern in the way the poem is written?
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The Lady of Shalott
Part III
1. Who is the man who rides by?
2. How do we know that he is not too far away?
3. What kind of words are used to describe him? What
does this description tell us about his character?
4. Find evidence in the poem that he is happy.
5. What does the Lady do?
6. Explain what happens next and why.
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The Lady of Shalott
Part IV
1. What does the Lady do in the first stanza of Part IV?
2. Why is the last line of this stanza in italics?
3. At what time of day does she reach Camelot?
4. What kind of song does she sing?
5. How does she die?
6. What does Sir Lancelot say at the end of the poem?
How is his reaction different to that of the other
knights?
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