She Walks in Beauty Flashcards
Author?
Lord Byron
Context
Romanticism- nature over reason
Courtly love putting stuff on a pedalstool
Who is she?
Nature, Anne Beatrix, poetic muse
Use of superlatives to shows her excess of perfection, paradox how can u have an excess of perfect? Shows that she is being idolized
“Best of”
“In every”
“So soft so calm”
Use of light and dark image of chiaroscuro, shows she is beautiful in every light
“And all that’s best of dark and bright”
Quote that says she can’t be names cause she’s so beautiful and also presents her as heavenly and divine
“The nameless grace”
Two quotes that show he believes her beauty speaks to him and tells him she is a morally good character
“Pure”
“Innocent”
Rhyme
Classic ABABAB shows she is the perfect balance of light and dark and everything
Structure
Poem switches from external beauty to internal beauty
