Indeed, they most resemble / assemblages constructed from our dreams. / Their visible forms are for our benefit
-- Speaker (Lines 6-8)

Importance: This line uses the slant rhyme of “resemble assemblages” to create a musicality suited to the idea of images created from dreams. It also establishes the otherness of fairy people, who appear as projections of the viewer’s innermost fears and desires. Here, the speaker is able to recognize the artifice of these projections, yet still longs to live among them in an illusion rather than face the reality of his world.

I’d blink, and she would be a woman again, / yawning and stretching as human women do
-- Speaker (Lines 14-15)

Importance: Despite the implication of a human shape, there is nevertheless an animalistic undertone which brings to mind feline or vulpine attributes. This illustrates the dual nature of the faerie queen, who embodies numerous selves at any given moment. Even though the speaker and the fairy...