She Walks in Beauty Flashcards
What form is this poem in?
Ode - it praises this stranger of a woman
Give 2 points about structure in this poem:
-Regular rhyme scheme for each stanza
-Iambic tetramtre
Give 5 pieces of context about the poem:
-Byron was one of the leading Romantic poets
-He saw a good-looking woman at a fashionable London party
-It’s claimed she was in mourning so dressed in a black, spangled gown
-He has had many stormy relationships
-He was famously described as ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’
‘She walks __ _____, ____ ___ _____’
‘She walks in beauty, like the night’
‘__ _________ climes ___ ______ _____;’
‘of cloudless climes and starry skies;’
‘all that’s ____ __ ____ ___ ______’
‘all that’s best of dark and bright’
‘Thus ________ to that ______ _____’
‘Thus mellowed to that tender light’
‘Which ______ to _____ day ______.’
‘Which heaven to gaudy day denies.’
‘One _____ ___ more,’
‘One shade the more,’
‘One ___ ___ less,’
‘One ray the less,’
‘Had half ________ ___ __________ _____’
‘Had half impaired the nameless grace’
‘Which _____ __ _____ raven _____,’
‘Which waves in every raven tress,’
‘Or ______ ________ o’er ___ _____;’
‘Or softly lightens o’er her face;’
‘Where thoughts ________ _____ _______,’
‘Where thoughts serenely sweet express,’
‘How _____, how _____’
‘How pure, how dear’
