In the canon
The Lady of Shalott
- Form
- Form Poem
- Year
- Year 1842
- Pages
- Pages 4
A woman lives shut in a tower, forbidden to look directly at the world and allowed to see it only in a mirror. She glimpses a knight riding past, breaks the rule, and dies in a boat drifting toward the court she never reached.
“I am half-sick of shadows,” said / The Lady of Shalott.
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