What collection was 'She walks in beauty' part of?
Hebrew melodies
She Walks in Beauty
A short eighteen line poem celebrating femalebeauty
Although it might generally be classified as a love poem, the poet never actually declares that love
The speaker is a highly biased observer and he seems entirely fascinated by the woman's beauty
The speaker is telling himself what he finds most captivating about this woman but at the same time communicating his feelings to a wider audience –the reader
The early description of her physical beauty is matched by the description of her inner beauty or 'goodness' towards the end of the poem
She almost seems to be unobtainable and, to some extent, we may sympathise with the poet's sense of longing
