She Walks In Beauty Flashcards
What literary movement does Lord Byron belong to?
THE ROMANTICS <3 <3 <3
How was Lord Byron percieved in his lifetime?
Both celebrated and castigated for his aristocratic excess
Quote about Lord Byron
“He rapidly became the most brilliant star in the dazzling world of regency London”
What was the irony of Lord Byron’s death?
Died fighting in the Greek War Of Independence, a Romantic death. He lived a short and intense life which was terminated quickly and intensely
What were the key idea’s of the Romantic Movement?
Individualism Emotion Liberation/ revolution Youth Nature The link between youth and beauty Unconventional beauty ideals
A quote that is an inversion of Sonnet 18 “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?”
“She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies”
How does Byron show the contradictory nature of love?
Binary oppositions
Imagery of dark and light
Quotes that present love as balance (x4)
“One shade the more, one ray the less, had half impaired that nameless grace”
“Meet in her aspect and her eyes”
“Mellowed to that tender light”
“A mind at peace with all below”
Quotes that link beauty with goodness (x4)
“Smiles that win, the tints that glow”
“Tell of days in goodness spent”
“Thought serenely sweet express”
“A heart whose love is innoccent!”
Quotes that show an unconventional portrayal of beauty (x3)
“She walks in beauty, like the night”
“Waves in every raven tress”
“A mind at peace with all below”
Over arching idea’s relating to love in She Walks In Beauty (x5)
Beauty and love as inextricably linked
Love as full of contradictions, existing in delicate balance
Love as dynamic and fluid
Anguish of love catching you completely off guard
Love as imperfect, importance of loving the whole
What form is She Walks In Beauty written in?
Lyric Form
Describe the rhyme scheme and rhythm
Regular rhyme
Iambic Tetrameter
Where in the poem is the rhyme disrupted and why?
Line 3, the iambic tetrameter switched by a metrical inversion (Troche)- for emphasis
How is the woman in She Walks In Beauty presented as a dynamic beauty?
Synecdoche (When a single part is used to represent the whole eg: her hair)
Synaesthesia (Appealing to multiple senses)
Sybillance and alliteration
