she walks in beauty - lord byron Flashcards
1
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“like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies,”
A
her beauty is comparable to nature.
- simile shows the woman is different from others.
- adjective “starry” shows it is a star, unobtainable and can only admire from afar, lightning up the dark.
- noun “skies” shows immeasurable beauty.
2
Q
“and all that’s best of dark and bright.”
“one shade the more, one ray the less, had half impaired the nameless grace.”
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he is mesmerised with the “nameless” woman.
- juxtaposition “dark and bright” shows it is perfectly balanced and shouldn’t be disrupted.
- repetition “one” shows that even a tiny difference will disorientate the perfect order of the woman.
- adjective “nameless” shows that she is too beautiful to be labelled.
3
Q
“where thoughts serenely sweet express, how pure, how dear their dwelling-place.”
“a heart whose love is innocent!”
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the woman is pure, innocent and at peace.
- noun “dwelling place” shows the she is living in innocence and purity.
- noun “thoughts”, it’s like her eternal beauty is reflecting her inner personality or beauty.
- noun “love” it is the only time he mentioned love, this is could be saying that this order the poem is reflecting the process of falling in love an realised his feelings at the end; or just physical attachment.
4
Q
“so soft, so calm, yet eloquent.”
“the smiles that win, the tint that glow.”
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describing her beauty, she won his heart.
- cluster of three which shows that beauty is clear and that movement speaks volume.
5
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CONTEXT
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- poetry mainly focuses on innocence and purity.
- had a notorious reputation
- “mad, bad and dangerous to know.”
- had many affairs with men and women.
- romantic poet.
- had a problematic relationship with his mom.
- got abused by a nurse.
- born with a clubbed foot disability.
- doesn’t know the woman’s name and never approached her.
- struck by the woman’s beauty when she was mourning, the poem is inspired by her.
