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B.A. Sem IV English She Walks in Beauty

In 'She Walks in Beauty,' Lord Byron compares a woman's beauty to the serene beauty of a starry night, highlighting the perfect balance of light and dark in her appearance. He emphasizes her 'nameless grace' and the purity of her expressions, which reflect her innocent heart and peaceful mind. The poem celebrates the woman's beauty as a divine gift that transcends the ordinary, capturing both physical and inner beauty.

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B.A. Sem IV English She Walks in Beauty

In 'She Walks in Beauty,' Lord Byron compares a woman's beauty to the serene beauty of a starry night, highlighting the perfect balance of light and dark in her appearance. He emphasizes her 'nameless grace' and the purity of her expressions, which reflect her innocent heart and peaceful mind. The poem celebrates the woman's beauty as a divine gift that transcends the ordinary, capturing both physical and inner beauty.

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She Walks in Beauty

-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
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;
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,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
Introduction:
Lord Byron had concern for liberty which was associated
with the romantic poets. He also possessed the love of nature
and the concept of love and beauty just like the other romantics.
But Lord Byron was an admirer of Pope and the trends of 18th
century poetry. Byron’s natural mode of poetry was narration.
He skillfully used Heroic Couplet, the Spenserian and the
Ottawa Rima.
Summary:
At the outset of the poem the poet describes the beauty of
cloudless and starry skies. He compares this beauty to the beauty
of a lady. The poet admiresher beauty and is inspired by her
beauty and wrote this poem to celebrate her beauty.He says the
lady’s beauty carries with it the best of both worlds of brightness
and darkness which springs from her eyes. This beauty reflects
on her face. The heaven has not given this beauty to the gaudy
day but made it glitter on her face.

The balance between‘shade’ and ‘light’in the lady's beauty is


so perfect that if one more ‘shade’, is added or a single ‘ray’ of
light is taken away it would partially damage the woman's
beauty.Her beauty and ‘grace’are so hard to define that they are
‘nameless’. This ‘nameless grace’is visible in every lock of her
black (raven) hair (tress) and it ‘lightens’her face.The balance
between light and dark that creates her ‘nameless grace’is
apparent in both her dark hair and in the expression that
‘lightens’her face. Her sweet expressions are reflected of what is
going on inside her mind.The sweetness of this lady's expression
suggests that her mind is ‘pure’and innocent.
The smiles on her face wins others and the glow of blushes
can be seen on her cheek and on her forehead. She is so soft,
calm and also elegant. Her face is very expressive. Her calmness
reflects that her conscience is at rest and her mind is at peace.
Her love is innocent.
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