She Walks In Beauty - Lord Byron

Question 1

complete and whole beauty - SWIB

Answer 1

“all that’s best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes”
physical, mental, spiritual beauty/appreciation
she is enchanting and encompasses all aspects of beauty/his life
Contrast - superlatives she exceeds all expectations

Question 2

Divine, god-given beauty - SWIB

Answer 2

“Heaven to gaudy day denies” she is personally allowed by God to display her understated beauty.

Question 3

Attraction of the woman - SWIB

Answer 3

Magnetism/radiance
“smiles that win, the tints that glow” - blush
Naturally attracts people

Question 4

Idealisation - SWIB

Answer 4

“how pure, how dear their dwelling place” - assumes her thoughts and doesn’t take her opinions into account

Question 5

Love does not need to be excessive - SWIB

Answer 5

“heavy to gaudy day denies”
real love is about connection

Question 6

Pure - SWIB

Answer 6

“A heart whose love is innocent!” - she is pure/feminine/virginial - links to spirituality
“sweet” “raven tress”.
Exclamation point brings emphasis to it, stating it as a key factor in his admiration for her

Question 7

Considerate - SWIB

Answer 7

“A mind at peace with all below” she doesn’t gloat even though she is prettier. She is patient and polite to others - ideal qualitites.

Question 8

Elegnace - SWIB

Answer 8

“Where thoughts serenely sweet express” - sibilant sounds to show fluidity and further expressing the “Nameless beauty” as effortless and elegant through all her movements

Question 9

Context - SWIB

Answer 9

• Byron “mad bad and dangerous to know”, leading figure in the romantic movement
• scandalous poet with many lovers - child with his half sister
• written to be set to music - rhythmic
• Inspired by Anne Beatrix - his cousin