She Walks In Beauty

• Lord Byron


  Known for having lot's of affairs, some of which incestuous, and having to leave England after having a divorce
• Lord Byron wrote the poem for

  he wrote the poem for his cousins wife because she was wearing a nice black dress
• She walks in Beauty structure

  She walks in Beauty is an ode and never actually declares love and just described the beauty
• walks'


  Implies that everything about her is beautiful, even the way she walks
• beauty,'


  emphasizes physical beauty with the use of caesura
• like the night'


  unusual simile as most Romantic writers used similes to light of nature
• cloudless climes and starry skies'


  contrast implies divine beauty that is transcendent and earthly
• And all that's best of dark and bright'


  superlative suggests that everything 'dark' and 'bright' only make this woman more beautiful
• Heaven'


  Noun shows her divine beauty
• Raven tress'


  talks about a dark haired woman in comparison to the normal 'fair English rose' that was the norm
• Or softly lightens o'er her face;'

  contrast between the hair and complexion seems to invigorate beauty of woman
• A mind at peace' 'A heart whose love is innocent!'


  Repetitive sentence structure shows how the outer beauty of the woman reflects the inner beauty of the woman
• A heart whose love is innocent'


  Innocent love shows it's not a sexual love