Love and infatuation have been very popular topics in poetry for hundreds of years. Poets have tried to express their feelings in poetry by using various techniques and poetic language, such as similes, symbols, and imagery. One poem that does an excellent job of conveying the feeling of love is “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron.
Byron is a poet of the romantic age which is often characterized by the subject matter of the poems. Like many other Romantic poets Byron concentrates on an individual object or person. In “She Walks in Beauty” the speaker express the love he has for a certain woman. The poem concentrates directly on this woman and lifts her up above all others showing that the speaker only cares for her.
In order to show that the speaker is deeply in love with this one Byron uses several similes to compare her to the beauty of nature, which is another characteristic of Romantic poets. The first two lines of the poem read “She walks in beauty, like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies; “. This simile implies that the woman’s beauty is as clear and she shines like bright stars in the night. The poe
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Byron did an excellent job of describing such a fantastic woman. Since the tone of the poem is very sincere, romantic, and thoughtful, it is much easier to believe in the words of the poem. A smile that wins should give the reader the idea that the woman has a very bright, beautiful style. Also, gaudy day denies means that she is no way dreary, cold, or unsightly. The line shows that the hair is placed perfectly, as though it had picked its spot out, as a human would do for a dwelling-place. Iambic pentameter was another tool used in this poem. Also, when tints are glowing, it is most likely referring to the woman having bright red cheeks. This pattern continues through out the entire poem. The last two lines of the poem are a small portrayal of the woman’s personality. This depiction shows that the woman is very sweet and supposedly not arrogant, all though she is beautiful. m then goes on to say “Which Heaven to gaudy day denies” which indicates that the speaker compares the woman to Heaven. These two descriptions are suppose to give the reader a better picture of the woman’s face. This gives the woman’s hair a human or even animal characteristic of having a dwelling place. The nameless grace is a symbol of the woman’s hair.
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