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She Walks in Beauty (Virtuous ("Where thoughts serenely sweet…
She Walks in Beauty
Virtuous
"Where thoughts serenely sweet express"
"How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
"A mind at peace with all below"
'goodness'
Sibilance
Captures serenity that is described.
'le
ss
'
'namele
ss
gra
ce
'
'wav
es
'
'tre
ss
'
'
s
oftly lighten
s
'
'fa
ce
'
"Where though
ts s
erenely
s
weet expre
ss
"
'pla
ce
'
sh
ade'
Innocent
2nd Stanza
Imagery
Light
'bright'
light'
'ray'
'softly lightens'
'glow
'starry skies'
Dark
'night'
'dark'
'shade'
'raven'
'starry skies'
He worships her. Light imagery conjures an image of celestial innocence
Written to music
melodic feel- Rhyme and Rhythm
Like a hymn but in praise of her
A display of worship
Lord Byron (1814)
Written about his cousin's wife who he saw at a funeral
Echoes and is inspired by
The Reaper
by William Wordsworth
Abstract Nouns
He uses these to praise her. Doesn't focus on physical appearance- Beauty inside and out
'beauty'
'grace'
'pure'
'soft'
'calm'
'eloquent'
'goodness'
'peace'
'love'
'innocent'
intangible and indefinable
No break in rhyme scheme- constant like his love
Alternate rhyme scheme
Synaesthesia- mixing up of senses
'tender light'
"Which waves in every raven tress"
She is not typically beautiful
Binary opposites
Shows that he is opposed to the social norm and she is a perfect balance
'night' and 'day'
'less and 'more'
'cheek' and 'brow'
Hr dark 'raven' hair opposes to lightness of her skin
'shade' and 'ray'
"Of cloudless climes and starry skies; (antithesis)
Iambic Tetrameter
It is not possessive- only an observation
Debauched man- Ironic
'smiles' - warm and engaging