Lady Shalott

Lady Shalott by Alfred Tennyson is a poem about a woman who is cursed never to look at or go to Camelot. She spends her time weaving and looking at Camelot indirectly throught a mirror. After she sees Sir Lancelot though, she decides to go to despite her curse. She takes a boat but dies of the curse on the way. Once the boat floats into Camelot everybody is surprised by her and Lancelot says that she is lovely.

I really enjoyed reading this poem and the synopsis helped me fully grasp its full meaning. It served as a semit-translation and made the poem much easier to understand.