She walks in beauty Flashcards
(2 cards)
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She walks in Beauty
A
The pronoun ‘she’ could suggest an air of mystery around the woman because he doesn’t know her. She could be anyone. The verb ‘walks’ could imply that everything about her is beautiful. It is not just her physical appearance that he admires but everything about her is beautiful, even the way she moves.
2
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“like the _”
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“like the night”
Byron could use the simile ‘like the night’ to symbolise that this woman is different to all other women he has admired. Byron breaks the ordinary conventions of romantic poetry by emphasising how attractive her darkness is. For example, Shakespeare compares someone to ‘a summer’s day’.
