She walks in beauty

Question 1

Point 1 - Byron compares the woman’s beauty to nature

Answer 1

‘like the night’ - comparing her to nature
‘of cloudless climes and starry skies’ - reflecting her beauty
‘she walks in beauty’

Question 2

Point 2 - He emphasises her delicacy through comparisons with light

Answer 2

‘and all that’s best of dark and bright’ - showing she is the best of darkness and light
‘one shade more, one ray less’ - this shows that she is beyond the perfect of light and darkness
‘the tint that glows’

Question 3

Point 3 - He says that it’s not only her physical beauty that he finds beautiful but also her innocence

Answer 3

‘so soft, so clam, yet eloquent’ - repeating the conventional female traits’
‘the smile that wins’ - she reflects romantic ideals
‘a mind at peace with all below’ - she is calm with the world
‘A heart whose love in innocent’ - showing that she is innocent

Question 4

Context

Answer 4

• Byron was a romantic poet and wrote more about emotion than logic
• She walks in beauty was written in 1813 and was inspired by his cousin by marriage

Question 4

Tecniques

Answer 4

Alliteration of W and V, comparisons to light and dark