She walks in beauty poem analysis
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- Created on: 25-03-17 09:31
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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.
- It makes it seem as though Lord Byron is observing a woman
- 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.
- He left England due to his bad reputation.
- He had many affairs, which include an incestuous on from his half-sister
- 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.
- Lord Byron was known for his bad behavior
- 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
- Smooth and steady iambic pentameter
- LANGUAGE
- Simile
- "Like the night"
- Compares her to something vast, uncontainableand almost imaginable
- "Like the night"
- 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
- Confessional tone
- 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.
- One shade the more, one day the less
- 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.
- "Starry skies"
- Synthesis
- "Tender light"
- She is so overwhelmin he feels what he sees. Mixing of senses.
- "Tender light"
- Personification
- "The smiles that win, the tints that glow"
- They are a result of her inner goodness and modesty
- "The smiles that win, the tints that glow"
- "A heart whose love is innocent""
- She's too innocent, so he cannot do anything. It seems as if he is protesting his love.
- Simile
- TITLE
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