She Walks in Beauty Flashcards
“She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;”
Byron immediately sets a tone of pure wonder through his repeated use of pathetic fallacy, “the night … cloudless climes … starry skies”, to suggest a divine beauty of the woman he sees.
“Or softly lightens o’er her face;”
Byron suggests that she is loved by all for her intense beauty and that beauty is complements everything around her.
“So soft, so calm, yet eloquent”
Byron uses the rule of three, suggesting that he could list forever, things which add to her beauty. The adjective “eloquent” emphasises her innocent good looks.
“A heart whose love is innocent!”
Byron suggests that she does not know her own the full extent of her own beauty, for which, Byron considers this to intensify her beauty and purity.
