She Walks in Beauty Key Quotes

"like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies"

Language - alliteration and sibilance to compare her beauty to something vast and unobtainable, gives a sense of longing

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"Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress"

Structure - enjambment to show that the speaker cannot pause for breath, obsession

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"all that's best of dark and bright"

Language - antithesis to show that she has a perfect combination, also possibly that there are darker sides to her

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"raven tress"

Language - ravens are often a bad omen, shows her unique and perhaps dark beauty

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"Where thoughts serenely sweet express"

Language - sibilance emphasises her inner innocence and beauty

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Alternate rhyme scheme

Structure - mirrors the pattern and sincerity of his affection

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Structure - enjambment to show that the speaker cannot pause for breath, obsession

"Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress"

Language - antithesis to show that she has a perfect combination, also possibly that there are darker sides to her

Language - ravens are often a bad omen, shows her unique and perhaps dark beauty

Language - sibilance emphasises her inner innocence and beauty

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