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What Is The Mood Of She Walks In Beauty

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In literature, authors use different stylistic elements to establish their viewpoints on a variety of topics without directly stating it. Or, they can state it and give descriptive details about their viewpoint. Lord Byron does this in his poem “She Walks In Beauty”. Through the uses of details, diction, and language, Byron is able to create a passionate tone throughout the poem when describing the beauty of the woman. The beginning of the poem uses a great deal of romantic details to put emphasis on the beauty of the woman that is described in Byron’s poem. The details used by Byron focuses on the physical features of the woman that make her strikingly beautiful and stand out to him. For instance, to put emphasis on the beauty of the woman, he compares her to “the night of cloudless climes” and “starry skies” (2 Byron). In addition, he also describes her “raven tress” or her hair in other words, and how gracefully it moves and how it’s one of the characteristics that make her beautiful. Moreover, Byron claims that the woman is perfect to him …show more content…

Focusing on visual appeal, he uses personification towards her face and sweet thoughts. When Byron states “Or softly lightens o’er her face; How pure, how dear, their dwelling place”, he is talking about how the beauty of the woman’s expressions give readers the idea that her mind is pure and innocent. (11/12 byron) The beauty of her facial expression show how “serenely sweet” her thoughts are. In other words, the innocence and purity of the woman is another trait that makes her beautiful. He also directs the reader’s attention on the way her hair or her “raven tress” and the way it suits her face perfectly in the speaker’s view. Byron points out that the woman’s black hair brings out her facial features because her dark, black hair lightens her face and makes her facial features stand

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