She walks in beauty

• Written by Lord Byron
• Compares her to the natural world in the first stanza - highlights her radiance ‘like the night’ ‘starry skies’
• Byron was the leading figure of the romantic movement
• Can link to :

  Sonnet 43, Cosy Apologia, Valentine (love and relationships)
• The title and opening line 'She walks in beauty' celebrates female beauty, a portrait of a woman through someone else's eyes
• Starry skies


  Suggests an inner radiance
• Raven tress


  Associated with bad omens, suggests a sense of mystery surrounding her
• Smiles that win, the tints that glow


  Suggests inner modesty and she is loved by all
• A heart whose love is innocent!


  The first time love is mentioned and her beauty is described both internally and externally
• Byron was a leading figure of the Romantic movement and liked to break conventions
• Byron's private life was very public and he was known for his many relationships with different women
• The poem


  • At the beginning, Byron expresses his admiration for the woman and as the poem progresses he then speaks about her inner 'goodness'. He ends the poem with the idea of 'love', an experience that perhaps brings together both the external and internal beauty