Reflection of the Lady of Shalott

     I like the way of how the writer uses contracting images to describe the life of the Lady of Shalott. For example, the contracting images include the busy life of villagers in Camelot and the life of the Lady and the energetic song of the Sir and the lonely life of the Lady. To me, this poem is not easy to understand. I read several times in order to get the main idea of it. Part I and Part IV of the poem deal with the Lady as she appears to the outside world. However, Part II and Part III describe the world from Lady’s perspective. I think that the Lady’s life is mysterious because I can’t directly look through the world or the curse will come upon her. Her knowledge of the world must come from the reflections a d shadows in the mirror. The poem ends with tragedy that shows the Lady’s life without having freedom.