Summary She Walks In Beauty - Overview & Analysis

She Walks in Beauty
CONTEXT:
 It is assumed that Byron wrote this poem about his cousin’s wife
 Was from a poor noble family and his dad squandered away all the money
they had and left his family
 Was born a year before the French revolution
 Was a womaniser so he was very charming
 He was born with a deformed foot
 Scandalous and had a number of illegitimate children from numerous affairs.

RHYME SCHEME:

 Iambic tetrameter
 ABABAB
 Three six-line stanzas, known as a sestet
 1st stanza is natural beauty
 2nd stanza is physical beauty
 3rd stanza is spiritual beauty

TONE AND MOOD:

 Romantic
 Light/Dark
 Eloquent
 Calm
 Soft
 Admiration
 Innocence/Purity

THEMES:

 Nature
 Women
 Awe & amazement
 Relationships/Love
 Identity