How Lisa Loved the King

George Eliot’s How Lisa Loved the King is a narrative poem adapted from the Decameron. King Pedro’s merchant’s daughter falls in love with the King. Eliot focuses on the description of the young girl, especially on her dark eyes, her black hair and her rosy cheeks. The King is almost a fairytale hero for her, she waits for him on the balcony, she longs for him and gets sick of love. Her father asks for help to the King and Queen so tere is a happy ending which shows Lisa's marriage…

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