She walks in beauty - Lord Byron Flashcards
(31 cards)
what was Byrons lifeline
1788 - 1824
what did a former lover describe Byron as being
mad, bad and dangerous to know
why type of poet was Byron
a romantic poet
other then being a poet, what else was lord Bryon being
a politician, and eventual revolutionary
true or false
byron was known as the first modern celebrity
true
when was this poem wrote
during the height of his celebrity - 1815
Lord Byron was __________ in a _____ number of ___ scandals
lord Bryon was involved in a large number of sex scandals
what was Bryon sensitive about
his deformed foot
what was this poem meant to be accompanied with
music
what is important about the title “she walks in beauty”
walks is a present tense verb that suggests that her beauty is continuous and permanent
“like the night, of cloudless climes and starry skies”
the women has been compared to a perfect night - not a cloud in the skin, plenty of stars
connotations of mystery and beauty
unconventional comparison
“best of dark and light”
juxtaposition suggests that she is both things at once, therefore better then them both
“tender light”
a soft and beautiful light lies in her face and eyes
“which heaven to gaudy day denies”
gaudy= critical, Bryon has critiscied daytime for being too bright,
challenging conventions of love and literature
how has enjambment been used in the first stanza
represents breathlessness - excitement, passion and being blown away by her beauty
“one shade the more, one shade the less’’
use of antithesis highlights how delicately balanced the woman’s beauty is
“nameless grace”
the adjective nameless suggests that the women’s beauty is beyond words
“which waves in every raven tress”
image suggests that women’s beauty is still alive
also suggests that her hair is dark and very beautiful
“where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling place”
her outward beauty is expressing her inward beauty
she is a very good person
what is the importance of sibilance in the last two stanzas?
sibilance creatse a calm mood just like the women’s thoughts
In the last stanza, where has Byron created a positive somatic field? why has he used it?
Bryon celebrates the women’s beauty and goodness
in the last stanza, how has the poems topic shifted
the poem ends with a celebration of not the women’s appearance but her personality, morals and virtues
throughout the poem, what images of light and darkness are there and what do they symbolize
light = beauty
dark = rejection of traditional/ literary ideals of beauty
what do you notice about the poems structure and rhyme scheme and what could this represent
consistent stanzas - six lines each
regular and strong rhyme scheme (ABABAB)
fairly strong iambic tetrameter
strong, unwavering structure, much like the woman’s beauty
