She-Walks-in-Beauty-Presentation

1、“She Walks in Beauty”By Lord Byron (George Gordon)1788-1824IntroductionInspirationPoem was inspired by the poets first meeting with his cousin by marriage, Lady Wilmot HortonThe occasion of their meeting was an evening party at which she appeared in a black dress with spanglesIntroductionStructure o

2、f the Poem3 stanzasRhyme Schemeababab cdcdcd efefefIntroduction Meter She walks in beauty, like the night Iambic TetrameterStanza 1“She walks in beauty, like the night/ Of cloudless climes and starry skies;” (1-2)SimileComparing her to a star filled nightSuggests that she is beautiful, delicate and

3、radiantStanza 1ImageryNature ImageryRomantic PoemAlliteration“cloudless climes” and “starry skies”Stanza 1“And all thats best of dark and bright/ Meet in her aspect and her eyes:” (3-4)The most beautiful elements of night are found in her facial expression and her eyesStanza 1Imagery“dark and bright

4、”Contrasting images of dark and lightPurpose?Creates a balanceSuggests serenity, beauty and perfectionStanza 1“Thus mellowed to that tender light/ Which heaven to gaudy day denies.” (5-6)“gaudy day”Negative ToneThe light of day hides the beauty of the nightStanza 2“One shade the more, one ray the le

5、ss,Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens oer her face;”(6-10)Stanza 2Vocabulary Raven Black and shinyTressA lock of hairStanza 2Once again, notice the contrasting images of dark and light.Dark“shade”“raven tress”Light“ray”“softly lightens”Continues t

6、o provide a balanceSuggests serenity, beauty and perfectionStanza 2“Where thoughts serenely sweet express/ How pure, how dear their dwelling place.” (11-12)DictionThe “dwelling place” is “pure” and “dear”“Dwelling place”The woman“pure” and “dear”Suggests innocence and perfectionStanza 3“And on that cheek, and oer that brow,So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent!”(13-18)Stanza 3Diction “soft” “calm”“eloquent”“goodness”“peace”“innocent”Diction influences the