Слайд 3: about poet

Lord Byron was known as the greatest British poet to lead the romanticism rəʊˈmæn.tɪ.sɪ.zəm
movement. Most of his most famous poems were lengthy ˈleŋ.θi narratives, including "Don Juan" and
"Child Harold's Pilgrimage" unlike his poem "She Walks In Beauty" which is a lyric. Aside from his poetry,
Byron also had a political career after he joined the Greek War of Independence, fighting against the
Ottoman Empire. Many greeks still recognize him as a national hero.

Слайд 4

Read the poem

Слайд 5 (Significance of the title)

The Title "She Walks In Beauty" is introducing the subject of the poem, which is the beautiful woman
Byron sees at the ball. The poem is known also by it's first line of the poem which is "She walks in
beauty, like the night", this compares her beauty to the beauty of the night. This also may add the the
title of her walking in the beauty because she is walking in the beauty of the night. This first line was also
seen as an act of rebellion against William Shakespeare because his famous line "Shall I compare
thee/ðiː/ to a summers day", but Byron compares this women's beauty to the night.

And a few words about background

On the evening of June 11, 1814, Byron attended a party with his friend, James Webster, at the London
home of Lady Sarah Caroline Sitwell. Among the other guests was the beautiful Mrs. Anne Beatrix
Wilmot, the wife of Byron’s first cousin, Sir Robert Wilmot. Her exquisite /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt good looks dazzled /
ˈdæzl/ Byron and inspired him to write “She Walks in Beauty.”

Слайд 6 Analysis of the poem

In the first Stanza ˈstæn.zə, the physical beauty of the woman is emphasized by using contrasts between
light and dark

Shifting from purely admiring the external aspects, stanza two links exterior /ɪkˈstɪəriər/ beauty to
spiritual beauty and persuades the audience that the perfect beauty is one which incorporates internal
and external beauty

In the last stanza, George Gordon informs us that the beauty speaks for itself and that the physical
beauty “tells of days in goodness spent” and show “ a heart whose love is innocent.”

Слайд 7 (the major Themes)

The major themes of the poem include beauty and harmony of mind and body. Lord Byron describes
and compares beauty with a variety of phrases such as – “tender light” as he creates beautiful imagery
for her charming features, the eloquence of speech and purityˈpjʊərəti/ of love. Byron focuses on the
beauty with classical diction as well. He believes that beauty lies within and that the body only projects
that beauty.

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Слайд 9 (Describing the Speaker and the Mood)

Lord Byron's tone during this poem is romantic and is describing the beauty of this woman at this ball.
But Byron never actually tells us about what the woman looks like, "A mind at peace and all below/ A
heart whose love is innocent" is how he describes her beauty. This adds to the romance/rəʊˈmæns/ of
this poem because he doesn't just focus on the physical features of this woman but on both "her aspect
and her eyes". This also makes the reader believe that Byron has more of a personal relationship with
this woman than just spotting her across the room.

speaker has the upmost respect for woman. Byron is creating a lustful, admiring mood. The whole time
he is admiring this one woman, which in turn makes the reader feel this admiration that he possesses.

The poem definitely displays some nostalgia /nɒsˈtældʒə/. It is if the Byron is yearning/jɜːn/ for this
woman, but yet can’t have her. The whole entire poem is about this nameless woman and everything
she has to offer.

Слайд 10 Symbols

Lord Byron uses light and darkness as a symbol for beauty throughout the poem. In the first few lines of
“She Walks in Beauty,” Byron compares the poems subject to a starry night and follows the statement
by saying that her eyes contain the best qualities of both darkness and light.

It's important to note that the beautiful woman is a brunette /bruːˈnet/. What's so special about that,
you ask? Well, in Byron's day, conventional English beauties were all pale and blonde. So for him to
write a poem that not only praises /preɪz/ the beauty of a woman with "raven" (black) hair. And this hair
we can compare with trees which are transmit light through leaves. And we get light and dark also. but
even goes so far as to say that real beauty requires a contrast of light and dark, or day and night.

Слайд 11 Language Use

Poetic and literary devices share similar attributes, but a few of them are exclusively/ɪksˈkluːsɪvli/ used
in poetry.

Stanza: A stanza is the poetic form of some lines. In this poem, there are three stanzas with six lines in
each.

Rhyme Scheme: The poem follows ABABAB in the first six lines. In the second stanza it is CDCDCD, and
in the last stanza, the rhyme scheme is EFEFEF.

The analysis shows that this simple romantic poem has a deceptive attraction to catch the attention of
the readers because of iambic/aɪˈæm.bɪk/ tetrameter|tɪˈtreimɪtə that is mostly not used in lyric poems.
Moreover, the poetic devices have helped the poet paint the perfect harmony of the outer and inner
beauty of the lady.

Слайд 12 (devices)

Слайд 13 (Conclusion)

“She walks in Beauty” is a reflection of the author about the beauty. And the most remarkable part of
that poem is its validity/vəˈlɪdəti/ in present times. Generally, poetry does not become old. Poetry is
contemporary, and “She walks in Beauty” reflects this. This poem could be a present poem, because its
sense and its meaning could be applied to today’s beauty. Beauty remains equal, is always the same, in
the past and in present times, and moreover, it will remind in the future. Although in each period of
time the beauty’s standards change, the sense of beauty, its meaning, is the same. In my opinion, the
way Byron express beauty with the opposition of dark and light is really good. As I have explained, it has
not got only one meaning, and it could be interpreted from different points of view and it depends on
each person. For me, dark represents the internal beauty, as well as the occult /ˈɒkʌlt/parts of beauty;
and light represents the external beauty, the obvious things, the bright of our faces, our eyes, our
smiles, etc. And both external and internal beauties in proportion, when dark and light are in the right
measure, we can say that perfection appears.