Analyzing 'She Walks in Beauty': Romantic Theory & Literary Devices, Summaries of Poetry

Download Analyzing 'She Walks in Beauty': Romantic Theory & Literary Devices and more Summaries Poetry in PDF only on Docsity! SheWalksinBeauty/Livesay 1 Name Period Date Isn’t it Romantic? Activity 1: Read “She Walks in Beauty” by George Gordon, Lord Bryon, and use poetry DIPSTIX “Quick Scan” to annotate and analyze the poem. Make ALL notations directly on or around text She Walks in Beauty1 by Lord Byron She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light 5 Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face; 10 Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, 15 But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! 1 On the evening of June 11, 1814, Byron attended a party at the London home of Lady Sarah Caroline Sitwell. Among the guests was the beautiful Mrs. Anne Beatrix Wilmot, the wife of Byron’s first cousin, Sir Robert Wilmot. Bryon was besotted by Anne’s beauty and later wrote that she “appeared in mourning, with dark spangles on her dress.” The encounter served as inspiration for “She Walks in Beauty.”