The eve of st agnes

gothic

rigid spensarian form in 9 line stanzas

first 8 are iambic pentameter with 10 syllables
last one is iambic hexameter 12 syllables
final line slows down the pacing
rigity and antiquity fits in with the old world setting

her family
porphyro voyuristically spies on madeline whilst she is vulnerable, motivated by narsisism and sexual desires. He doesnt concider the implications and negative outcomes he is creating for madeline, angela and the beadsman

madeline is victim of herself and how invested she is in the myth

porphyro can be seen as a tragic hero who saves madeline from her family

porphyros hamartia is his lach of concideration for the implications caused by his actions

might have visions of delight

harm her by all saints i swear

hordes

he did not have a "right feeling towards women"

some critics read it as a celebration of love stemmed from keats' only experience of romance.

the spensarian form is not well adapted to the faster pace of the narrative poem

looked faint