SheWalks

in Beauty

English 7-8Ms. Ledoux

Fall 2008/Spring 2009

by George Gordon, Lord Byron

She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes;

5 Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich 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,10 Or softly lightens o’er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet expressHow pure, how dear their dwelling

place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

15 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!

q u e s t i o n s

She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes;

5 Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.

Question No. 1:

S I M I L EWhat is being compared in

this poem?

Question No. 2:

S I M I L EWhat is the justification

for linking them?

One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,10 Or softly lightens o’er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet expressHow pure, how dear their dwelling place.

Question No. 3:

SYNTHESIZING

How does the description in

lines 11-12 relate the woman’s

attractiveness to her inner

beauty?

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

15 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!

Question No. 4:

FINDING THE MAIN IDEA

What is the main idea expressed

here?

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