She Walks in Beauty- Lord Byron
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- She Walks in Beauty- Lord Byron
- Context
- Romantic
- Scandalously renowned for his many lovers, both men and women
- Died fighting for the Greeks against the Ottoman Empire at the age of 36
- Meant to be set to music like many of his other poems
- Wrote the poem overnight in a passionate episode
- Form/ Structure
- Formal in structure
- 3 stanzas, regular rhythm and rhyme scheme, reflects her faultless perfection
- Enjambement, speaker cannot pause for breath
- Language/ Imagery
- "She walks in beauty, like the night/ Of cloudless climes and starry skies"
- Compares her beauty to the night, more beautiful than just the light and dark (combination makes her beautiful
- "Thus mellow'd to that tender light/ Which heaven to gaudy day denies." - Subtle beauty, idea of balance
- "A heart whose love is innocent", contrasts Byron who is a lathario.
- "She walks in beauty, like the night/ Of cloudless climes and starry skies"
- Compare to
- Neutral Tones- description of an unidentified figure
- Sonnet 43 and La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- Context
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