She walks in beauty poem analysis

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  • She Walks in Beauty
    • TITLE
      • It makes it seem as though Lord Byron is observing a woman
        • The writer is so captivated by the reader, he has made her the subject in the poem, and the title revolves around her and her beauty.
      • The woman may be so beautiful, she attracted his attention
        • The word 'she' distances her from us, making us think that there was no personal connection.
    • CONTEXT
      • Lord Byron was known for his bad behavior
        • He had many affairs, which include an incestuous on from his half-sister
          • He left England due to his bad reputation.
            • However, this was written before he had married his wife.
      • Poem was originally published as a part of a collection called Hebrew Melodies, in April 1915. It was a set of music, religious in nature.
        • This could show her spiritual purity and, and his own purity of intentions toward the girl.
      • The poem is rumoured to be about his cousin he saw in a party, wearing a mourning dress.
    • STRUCTURE
      • Smooth and steady iambic pentameter
        • Effortless like the 'nameless grace'. She has effortless grace and beauty.
        • Iambic pentameter is found in hymns and associated with 'sincerity' and 'simplicity'
          • It's a chaste poem given the reputation of the poet
          • Conveys to readers his purity of intentions towards the lady
          • It could be a poetic parallel to his subject. The lady's beauty arises from her ('she') purity/simplicity
      • Ode- poem written for/about someone
      • ABAB rhyme scheme
        • The woman is faultlessly perfect
    • LANGUAGE
      • Simile
        • "Like the night"
          • Compares her to something vast, uncontainableand almost imaginable
      • Enjambment
        • He cannot pause for a breath when describing this woman, because she's breath taking, and he's overwhelmed.It also makes the reader feel overwhelmed when reading the poem.
      • Tone
        • Confessional tone
          • Engages the reader
          • He's confessing his feelings, and the purity of his feelings
      • Antithesis
        • One shade the more, one day the less
          • Opposites used to highlight confusion, as the writer comes to terms with her overpowering attractiveness- which is beyond words.
        • "That's best of dark and bright"
          • She's a perfect balance of light and dark. Images of darkness, could be the funeral and how it accentuates her.
          • The lady can  bring out both light and dark, without contradiction.She's so beautiful and pure, she softens the edges of contrast.
      • Alliteration
        • "Starry skies"
          • Soothing sibilance.
          • Like single stars, she's preciious, bright and beautiful.
        • "Cloudless climes"
          • Clear climate- shows she's pure.
        • "Serenely sweet"
          • She is sweet, and  like stars she can stand out in a dark sky.
      • Synthesis
        • "Tender light"
          • She is so overwhelmin he feels what he sees. Mixing of senses.
      • Personification
        • "The smiles that win, the tints that glow"
          • They are a result of her inner goodness and modesty
      • "A heart whose love is innocent""
        • She's too innocent, so he cannot do anything. It seems as if he is protesting his love.

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