she walks in beauty Flashcards

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1
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who is the author of ‘She walks in Beauty’

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Lord Byron

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what era was Lord Byron from?

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romantic poet Victorian era

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who is ‘She walks in beauty’ about?

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Mrs Wilmont- his 1st cousnis’s wife

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where did Lord Byron and Mrs Wilmont meet?

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at a party/funeral

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what are the first two lines of ‘she walks in beauty’?

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‘She walks in beauty, like the night/ Of cloudless climes and starry skies;’

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what are the last two lines of ‘she walks in beauty’?

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‘A mind at peace with all below,/ A heart whose love is innocent!’

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what was Lord Byron’s reputation?

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‘mad, bad, and dangerous’

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fill in the gaps:: ‘And all that’s best of ____ and _____/ Meet in her ____ and ___ _____:’

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dark, bright, aspect, her eyes

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fill in the gaps: ‘Which ______ to ____ day denies.’

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Heaven, Gaudy

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fill in the gaps ‘where thoughts _____ _____ express,/ How ____, how ____ their ____ place.’

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serenely sweet, pure, dear, dwelling-

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fill in the gaps: ‘And so on that cheek and o’er that brow,/ So __, so ___, yet ____,’

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soft, calm, eloquent

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what structure is ‘she walks in beauty’ in?

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iambic tetrameter

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