she walks in beauty Flashcards
who is the author of ‘She walks in Beauty’
Lord Byron
what era was Lord Byron from?
romantic poet Victorian era
who is ‘She walks in beauty’ about?
Mrs Wilmont- his 1st cousnis’s wife
where did Lord Byron and Mrs Wilmont meet?
at a party/funeral
what are the first two lines of ‘she walks in beauty’?
‘She walks in beauty, like the night/ Of cloudless climes and starry skies;’
what are the last two lines of ‘she walks in beauty’?
‘A mind at peace with all below,/ A heart whose love is innocent!’
what was Lord Byron’s reputation?
‘mad, bad, and dangerous’
fill in the gaps:: ‘And all that’s best of ____ and _____/ Meet in her ____ and ___ _____:’
dark, bright, aspect, her eyes
fill in the gaps: ‘Which ______ to ____ day denies.’
Heaven, Gaudy
fill in the gaps ‘where thoughts _____ _____ express,/ How ____, how ____ their ____ place.’
serenely sweet, pure, dear, dwelling-
fill in the gaps: ‘And so on that cheek and o’er that brow,/ So __, so ___, yet ____,’
soft, calm, eloquent
what structure is ‘she walks in beauty’ in?
iambic tetrameter
