She walks in beauty - what is it about?

Question 1

how long is the poem and what is it celebrating?

Answer 1

short 18 lined poem and celebrating female beauty

Question 2

how does the speaker describe the woman’s beauty? is it a love poem? what does the poet focus on?

Answer 2

describes it in her external appearance and inner goodness. It is classified as a love poem but the poet never declares his love. He concentrates on subjects captivating beauty and purity

Question 3

What time of observer is the speaker?

Answer 3

highly bias. he’s entirely focused by women’s beauty. telling himself what he finds most captivating about this women but at the same time telling his feelings to a wider audience (reader)

Question 4

what does the speaker view portray to the reader? what is the speaker keen to emphasise?

Answer 4

we are given a portrait of a woman through someone else’s eyes.
it all about outward appearance. early description of physical beauty matched by the description of her inner beauty or ‘goodness’ towards the end of

Question 5

she almost seems to be ______, and to some extent we may ______ with the poet’s ________________

Answer 5

unibtainable, sympathise, sense of longing