Question

What is the meaning and effect of the following lines found in the poems:
“sweet despair” Spring and “suavely merciless” The White Doe. ,n
addition, how does the meaning of “suavely merciless” connect with lines
to of the poem “The White Doe”"

Answer 1

Both expressions are oxymorons, "sweet despair" is finding some sort of pleasure for being in pain, that pain might be caused by someone or something loved.

"Suavely merciless" means soft and cruel, confident and unforgiving. In the poem, the narrator follows a beautiful doe which in the end disappears, he follows something something beautiful and innocent-looking like a promise to a treasure but in the end disappears mercilessly.