She Walks In Beauty

Question 1

What is it about

Answer 1

Description of how the narrator is struck by the beauty of a woman he meets at a ball. She was in mourning, wearing a sparkly black dress that caught his attention

Question 2

Who is the poet

Answer 2

Lord Byron

Question 3

What does the title show

Answer 3

Everything she does is perfect. She isn’t trying- natural beauty

Question 4

What does ‘She walks in beauty, like the night’ show?

Answer 4

Her beauty is unusual

Question 5

What does ‘So soft, so calm, yet eloquent’ show

Answer 5

More words to show his admiration. Expressive

Question 6

What does ‘A mind at peace with all below’ show

Answer 6

Heaven and hell

She is a good woman with an innocent heart- purity, a contrast to him

Question 7

What are the themes

Answer 7

Beauty 
Passion
Nature 
Spiritual 
Intelligence 
Physical beauty

Question 8

What is the structure

Answer 8

6 line stanzas
Regular rhythm and rhyme scheme.
Shows his feeling are strong for her- worshipping her

Question 9

What type of words are used

Answer 9

Words associated with dark and night