She Walks In Beauty Flashcards
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What year- she walks in Beauty
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1813
2
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What type of poet was she- she walks in Beauty
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Romanticism’s preoccupation with emotion, beauty, and nature, over reason.
3
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What did ‘she’ mean to him- she walks in Beauty
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Byron’s “she” may be a poetic muse, Anne Beatrix, or the goddess Artemis, the huntress.
4
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Why did he use Hebrew melodies- she walks in Beauty
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Published in Hebrew Melodies intended to be set to music.
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How did he see love in the medieval period- she walks in Beauty
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Alludes to the literary courtly love tradition of medieval period placing female on a pedestal, emphasising perfection.
