SHE WALKS IN BEAUTYBy

George Gordon, Lord BYRON

CONTENT• Life of the poet• Period (Romantic)• Character analysis• Description of the poem• Themes• Symbols• Personification• Metaphors/ Similes• Language use• Implementations in classroom• Conclusion

POET

22 January in 1788, England

Well known poet and politician

A national hero for Greeks

Planning an attack to Ottoman empire, he felt ill

19 April in 1824 in Greece

ROMANTIC PERIOD

Movement in art, literature, and music A philosophical, literary, artistic and

cultural era. Industrial Revolution Concepts like nature, love, moral issues

Inspiration Imagination Intuition Individuality Idealism

ROMANTICISM

The poem and the Romanticism

We can say that She Walks in Beauty is a Romantic poem that has a lot of characteristics of the movement such as;

medieval features strong emotion as a source of aesthetic

experience inclination to talk about nature and love

Nature “which heaven to gaudy day denies” line 6

Love “A heart whose love is innocent” line 18

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

- An unnamed woman

cousin of the poet

never speaks for herself

beautiful, innocent and pure

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DESCRIPTION OF THE POEM

- Lines 1-2“She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies”

An unnamed woman walks in beauty

Her beauty is compared to night

No cloud and a lot of stars

- Lines 3-4 “And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes”

- Lines 5-6 “Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies”

Contrast between dark and light

Meet in her in a wonderful way

The light is more intense during the day

The light is gaudy in day

- Lines 7-10 “One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face”

A perfect balance

between shade and

light

She has black hair

Her nameless

beauty lightens her

face

-Lines 11-12 “Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling place”

-Lines 13-15 “And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow”

Peaceful thoughts

Exterior and interior thoughts

Pure, valuable and innocent mind

Soft, calm and elegant glow

Reflection of inner beauty

Her face is expressive

-Lines 16-18 “But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!”

She is not just a beautiful girl

A peaceful mind

An innocent love

THEMES

BEAUTY

A long description of an unnamed

woman’s beauty

Physical beauty and spiritual beauty

THEMES

INNOCENT LOVE

He tells how gorgeous she is

Her love is innocent like her

personality

“A heart whose love is innocent” line 18

SYMBOLS

DARK(NIGHT) & BRIGHT(DAY) Different from conventional English

literature

Instead of summer days, her beauty is

compared to ‘dark night’ The harmony of two opposites

She’s got the best of both dark and

bright

SYMBOLS

RAVEN TRESS

In conventional literature,

beauties are generally pale

and blonde

This lady is brunette

SYMBOLS

SMILES & BLUSHES

Not only her pretty face but also

her inner beauty

Her inner beauty is mirrored by her

outer beauty

Reflections of her thoughts and

feelings

PERSONIFICATION

“Which heaven to gaudy day denies”(Line 6)

Can heaven really deny something?Of course, not..

PERSONIFICATION

“The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent”(Line 15)

“tell of the time …”

PERSONIFICATION

“Where thoughts serenely sweet express” ( Line 11)

“Expressing thoughts in her face”

Line 14- 15 “And on that cheek, and o'er that

brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent The smiles that win, the tints that

glow”“woman’s smiles, tints, blushes in her

cheeks speaks as if they were human.”

METAPHORS

“dwelling place” (Line 12)

woman’s mind

METAPHORS

raven dark hair

SIMILES

“She walks in beauty, like the night”(Line 1)the woman= the night

LANGUAGE USE

three stanzas eighteen-line poem of three six-line stanzas rhyme is presented below; 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.

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LANGUAGE USE

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!

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IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM

Pre-reading activities

Getting in the Mood Using the theme

Create a picture in their minds Assume that they are in the scene

IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM

Pre-reading activities

Biographical Montage Star Diagrams

Information about the poem List the relevant words/phrases under the topics

IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM

While-reading activities

True or false Reassessing

Provides help for students reforming the sentences

Assess before and while reading to compare

T F

T F

T F

T F

The poet likens the lady to the night

The poet intends to emphasize her pessimistic view

The poet combines black and white in her beauty

The lady has a really serene expression

IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM

Post-reading ActivitiesChoose the Statement Just a minute

Choose one among the given statements and justify

Talk about the chosen theme within a minute without halting and hesitation

CONCLUSION

Beauty and innocence has

always had its place in art.

Many artists, poets and

authors mentioned about

beauty and innocence one

way or another.

“Beauty is not in the face, beauty is a light in the heart.” Kahlil GIBRAN

“Beauty… when you look into a woman’s eyes and see what’s in her heart.”

Nate DIRCKS

“Innocence is like a polished armor; it adorns and defends.” Bishop Robert South

“Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.”

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

THANKS FOR YOUR

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PREPARED BY:

- Aysel SARIGÜL

- Gökhan AKTAŞ

- İpek KAYA

- Ayşe Gül AKIN