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analysis of "She Walks in Beauty". ... “She Walks in Beauty” starts off from
a traditional picture of a lady as fair and bright. ...
She walks in beauty. “She Walks in ... night. The poem “She Walks in Beauty”
came by as an inspiration to the author. This occurred ...
she walks in beauty. ... I think the main theme of Lord Byron’s poem “She Walks
in Beauty” was written in praise of a beautiful woman. ...
She Walks in Beauty. There is a spectacular use of assonance in the first verse
here:- look at the rime words night, skies, bright, eyes ... ...
... Yue Xiang Comparison of Two Poems 3/16/07 In the Poem ± She walks in Beauty ±,
Lord Bryon describes what he thinks is the ultimate idea of the perfect ...
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There is a spectacular use of assonance in the first verse here:- look at the rime words night, skies, bright, eyes ... same vowel throughout ... so the whole stanza rimes ababab but assonates aaaaaa this kind of double-effect was highly prized by keats, shelley and Byron, all of whom took the technical side of writing poetry extremely
seriously.
Lord Byron describes a night (associated with darkness) with bright stars (light) and compares this woman to that night. She brings together these opposites in her beauty and creates a "tender light." Not a light like the daytime, since he describes that as gaudy (showy in a vulgar way), but a light that "heaven" doesn't even honor the daytime with. Byron¡¯s diction in this poem is quite metaphorical. "She walks in beauty, like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies" (lines 1-2 ). His use of imagery has allowed us to visualize an atmosphere that surrounds this woman. The imagery he uses also brings together two opposing forces, darkness and light which works quite well together as one united force. We can visualize a dark sky filled bright stars, a perfect picture for an ideal evening, which can be compared to his picture of a perfect woman.
This woman, as well as the night, contains opposite features within her. "And all that¡¯ s best of dark and bright / Meet in her aspect and her eyes" (lines 3-4 ). The joining of these opposite forces can be associated with internal aspects of this woman. Although this poem begins with a description of a woman walking, there are not any images of her body. Byron continuously refers to her hair and face. These lines work well because they employ an enjambed line as well as a metrical substitution ¡ª a momentary change in the regular meter of the poem. When poets enjamb a line and use a metrical substitution at the beginning of the next line, they are calling attention to something that is a key to a poem. Here Byron substitutes a trochaic foot...
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