She Walks in Beauty Flashcards
1
Q
Time period
A
19th century
Romantic
2
Q
Form
A
3 stanza poem
The form is most commonly used for hymns- associated with chasteness and simplicity
No conversation about being with her instead she is put on a pedestal
The rhyme scheme is ABABAB
3
Q
Context
A
Scholars believed it was written when Byron met his cousin Mrs Anne Beatrix Wilmot
Grew up around intense emotion- mother
4
Q
The message of the poem
A
Admires the woman’s looks but the poem develops to show it is more than just this and includes her inner beauty (her mind and demeanour)
5
Q
Methods
A
Light imagery- atypical
Alliteration
Juxtaposition
Enjambamanet
Motif of darkness
Symbolism
Exclamatory
6
Q
Themes
A
Idealised love
Love and gender
