What happens and in what order?
‘Isabella, or the Pot of Basil’ by John Keats
1. Put the events below in the correct chronological order.
2. When they are in the correct order, put a tick against
what you think are the five most horrifying events in the
poem.
3. List five things that this poem has in common with either
‘La Belle Dames Sans Merci’ or ‘The Eve of Saint Agnes’.
Isabella exhumes the body and cuts off Lorenzo’s head.
The brothers are introduced as villains.
The brothers steal the basil pot.
The brothers take Lorenzo to a forest and kill him.
Isabella dies of grief.
The brothers have nightmares because of the lies they tell Isabella.
Isabella realises that it was her brothers who killed Lorenzo.
Isabella and Lorenzo confess their mutual love.
Isabella plants Lorenzo’s head in a pot of basil.
The brothers lie to Isabella telling her that Lorenzo had gone abroad on business.
Isabella has a vision of Lorenzo.
The brothers are banished from Florence.
Isabella kisses Lorenzo’s gloved hand when she unearths the corpse.
The brothers discover that Lorenzo and Isabella are having a love affair.
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What happens and in what order?
‘Isabella, or the Pot of Basil’ by John Keats
Answers are:
1.
Isabella and Lorenzo confess their mutual love.
2.
The brothers are introduced as villains.
3.
The brothers discover that Lorenzo and Isabella are having a love affair.
4.
The brothers take Lorenzo to a forest and kill him.
5.
The brothers lie to Isabella telling her that Lorenzo had gone abroad on business.
6.
Isabella has a vision of Lorenzo.
7.
Isabella realises that it was her brothers who killed Lorenzo.
8.
The brothers have nightmares because of the lies they tell Isabella.
9.
Isabella kisses Lorenzo’s gloved hand when she unearths the corpse.
10. Isabella exhumes the body and cuts off Lorenzo’s head.
11. Isabella plants Lorenzo’s head in a pot of basil.
12. The brothers steal the basil pot.
13. The brothers are banished from Florence.
14. Isabella dies of grief.
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