- What are the dominate natural images used by Byron and why are those images effective (or ineffective) for his subject matter?
- Discuss at least two metaphors or similes and what they add to the poem.
- How does this poem capture the Romantic spirit?
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
She Walks in Beauty Like the Night--Lord Byron
Read the poem She Walks in Beauty again, p.690. Answer the following questions in your comments:
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Byron uses the night and the sky as images. These images are effective because they are so vast and endless. The night is dark but has an errie beauty to it. In the first line of the poem is that of a simile. He compares the movements of a woman to the night sky and its vastness. This adds a light spirit. The tone is not dark as you would think with the night sky. One metaphor that I found was in lines 8-10. Here he is comparing the quality of grace. How it is lightened and nameless just like her. This adds a very passonaite mood. You can tell that he loves this woman or wants to love her. This whole poem is smooth and flowing. Love of the woman and the comparsion of nature to her. How she is sweet and soft. "A heart whose love is innocent!" The Romantic spirit is shown though the words and the word choice. The quote shows the Romantic spirit itself.
ReplyDeleteByron used the images of the night. The night is effective because of the darkness and beauty of night. A similie is that of line 1 where he compares the beauty of the women to the night. A metaphor in the poem is the use of night. Night is used as a metaphor to describe her beauty.
ReplyDeleteThe dominate natural images used in "She walks in beauty" are referring to the night as in the first line, and starry skies and clouds, raven trees, heaven. having alot of metaphors and comparisons in each line of the poem with the beauty in nature.
ReplyDelete"She walks in beauty, like the night,"
right away in the first line we see a metaphor, and introducing the main theme of the poem, comparing a woman walking in beauty just like the night. Suggesting that maybe the night is mysterious, and unique, and something you can't see through, even though you try really hard. this adds the beauty of the woman being described because it discusses the unknown side about her and how she is different from anyone else.
Then it says..
"and all thats best of dark and bright,
meet in her spect and her eyes."
again sensing the mystery of this girl, and how you can't see through her just by looking at her, you have to get to know her, and she doesn't give herself away just like any other woman would.
This poem captures the romantic spirit because it really uses the beauty of nature and really thinks and explores outside the box rather than relying on opinions and judgements of others, its anazlyzes more and different varieties of metaphors. even as the reader or audience you have to take a wider look at the nature because when something is being compared to nature you have to think of how that would relate to the poem and what he/she is trying to relate the subject too.
Bryon uses the night sky as his image. The night sky is so effective because it is so vast and open. It can change in a quick second. You never know whats going to happen.
ReplyDeleteWhile the first line is a smilie. He compares the movements of a beautiful woman to that of the night sky. One metaphor that is presented is that of grace. He compares her to nameless grace. She is perfect or in fact graced by God.
The poem is romantic because he is glorifing the woman. He is romancing her and trying to win her over. The spirit of the poem is very loving and full of passion.
byron uses the imagry of the night and sky to convey that she is inpreidictable and that her eyes are good and bad like beauty that never ends and is unpredictabke mixed with darkness and that her love is mysterious and wonderful at the same time
ReplyDeletean exapmle of a simlie would be line 1 she walks in beauty like the nigh
and a metaphor woupd be the entire poem relating it tp the mystery and beauty and vastness of sky, and night.
this goes along with romantic era ideas because the use of nauture to describe his feelings goes to prove how odealiatic they were about how you can learn from natures beauty and happenings and the whole love of natures aspect
He uses the sky at night as an image. Night is both dark and beautiful. A metaphor in this story is when he compares a women to the night. It seems this peom is about darkness and beauty.
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