She Walks in Beauty Flashcards
All 9 cards in this deck
Who wrote ‘She Walks in Beauty’, and when?
Lord Byron; written in June 1814, published in Hebrew Melodies (1815).
Who is thought to have inspired ‘She Walks in Beauty’?
Anne Wilmot-Horton, wife of Byron’s cousin, seen wearing black mourning dress.
Which literary movement did Byron belong to?
Romanticism.
What is the form of ‘She Walks in Beauty’?
Three six-line stanzas in iambic tetrameter, rhyming ABABAB.
Complete the opening simile of ‘She Walks in Beauty’: “She walks in Beauty, like the night / …”
“… Of cloudless climes and starry skies”.
Which pair of opposites is balanced in the woman’s looks in ‘She Walks in Beauty’?
Dark and bright: “all that’s best of dark and bright”.
What does the last stanza of ‘She Walks in Beauty’ praise?
Her inner goodness: “A mind at peace with all below”.
What is the last line of ‘She Walks in Beauty’?
“A heart whose love is innocent!”
What are the main themes of ‘She Walks in Beauty’?
Beauty, admiration, and inner goodness matching outward looks.