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she walks in beauty Flashcards

1
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who wrote this poem?

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Lord Byron

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what was Byron most famously described as?

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“mad, bad and dangerous to know”

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why was he exiled from England?

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due to rumours of his escapades

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who did he have an affair with?

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his half- sister and fathered a child

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5
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what is the poem an example of?

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romanticism

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how many stanzas does this poem have?

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3

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how many lines does each stanza contain?

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6 lines

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what is this type of poetic form usually used for?

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hymns- associated with divinity and chasteness

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what is untypical due to it being a traditional love poem?

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it does not refer to passionate/sexual love

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what is the rhyme scheme?

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ABABAB

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what is the poem’s meter written in?

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iambic tetrameter

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12
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when was this poem written?

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when Byron met his cousin

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what awe does Byron feel and what is peculiar about this?

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he experiences the awe one would feel for a painting/nature- unusual as he was known for his lascivious affairs

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what iamb is it written in?

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iambic tetrameter - the lines contain 4 sets of 2 beats
1st= unstressed syllable
2nd= stressed syllable

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where is there examples of enjambment?

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in the first stanza: lines 1 and 2- “she walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies”
lines 5 and 6- “thus mellowed to that tender light which Heaven to gaudy day denies

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where is there examples of alliteration?

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“which waves”- 2nd stanza, line 3
“serenely sweet” - 2nd stanza, line 5- also an example of sibilance

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17
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what does the imagery do in the poem?

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triggers the readers senses- for example, “in every raven tress” and “of softly lightens o’er her face”

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18
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where is there juxtaposition?

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“all that’s best of dark and bright”

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what does the 1st stanza do?

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sets the tone of the poem with a comparison that seems almost divine- beauty like the vast, starry night

20
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what does her beauty seem like?

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does not seem completely physical- her beauty is an aura, a shield of beauty that is she unaware of/ innocent

21
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what is unusual about Byron comparing her to the night, instead of the day?

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compares to night- not daylight- the tradition for Romantic poetry was to compare to bright nature

22
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what could the darkness of the word “night” refer to?

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reference to the Greek ideal- the beauty is so strong, it could almost be catastrophic
Helen of Troy was one of such beauty- this woman seems to be another similar
a divine being whose sole purpose in the poem is a shift of Chiaroscuro balance

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what imagery does stanza 2 convey?

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images of Virgin Mary- easy to make divine, religious connotations due to the poem’s structure of a hymn
the lady’s beauty is virginal- the poet cannot find a word to describe her beauty

24
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what does the lady reconcile?

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both dark and light
appearing both glowing but also shrouded in darkness
the darkness that surrounds her- Byron met her at a funeral- the spiritual darkness
but she manages to brighten even the darkest atmospheres due to her breath-taking beauty
or it could be the expression of the ultimate peaceful beauty

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what does the line “so soft, so calm, yet eloquent” mean?

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unlike the day, the night is devoid of clouds and quiet
when the world stops and things rest
she is not warped by her own beauty and she exists in a world that is to Byron, peaceful- her heart is innocent and her mind is clear

26
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what is interesting about this innocence being Byron’s perception of beauty?

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Byron’s nature of troubled thoughts- interesting that this innocence is his perception of beauty- perhaps he is so consumed by her beauty that he has now adopted this new perception of beauty

27
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how does the poem end?

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“a heart whose love is innocent!”

28
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what does the final line mean?

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he is interested in her inner beauty as well as her outer/ physical beauty
the woman is left unaware that she has become a symbol of beauty to someone witnessing her presence

29
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what was Byron a leading figure of?

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the Romantics Movement

30
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what did the Romantic Movement attempt to do?

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dispel the scientific, rational movement’s effect and bring back magic and wonder to a humanistic world

31
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what was Byron regarded as?

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one of the greatest British poets

32
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what is the main idea of the poem?

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perfect beauty and kindness can exist in one woman

33
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she walks in beauty…

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like the night

34
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of cloudless climes…

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and starry skies

35
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and all that’s best of dark and bright..

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meet in her aspect and her eyes

36
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thus mellowed to that tender light..

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which heaven to gaudy day denies

37
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one shade the more..

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one ray the less

38
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had half impaired…

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the nameless grace

39
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which waves in every raven tress…

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of softly lightens o’er her face

40
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where thoughts serenely sweet express…

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how pure, how dear their dwelling place

41
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and on that cheek…

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and o’er that brow

42
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so soft so calm yet eloquent…

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the smiles that win, the tints that glow

43
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but tell of days in goodness spent…

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a mind at peace with all below

44
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a heart whose love…

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is innocent

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