Lord Byron By Ch And Rs

Lord Byron “She Walks in Beauty” By: Corinne Heiberger and Rachel Sarver

Introduction • Lord Byron was born on January 22, 1788 in London. • He was born with a clubfoot and his full name is George Gordon Byron. • He inherited to title of lord after the death of his “wicked” uncle, the late Lord Byron, who killed his firsts loved great-uncle. • His childhood was full of sexual encounters, and was sexually abused by family relatives and friends on many

More facts…. • He had a love for Shakespeare through out his life. • He printed his firsts work in 1807, “Hours of Idleness” but it received bad reviews. • In 1809 he printed his first public satire named “English Bards and Scotch Reviewers” • His poems usually contained hero’s that portray characteristics of himself. • Lord Byron passed way in 1824 at the

Love Life • He was known for having many lovers, and famous for his love affairs with women and Mediterranean boys. • He married Anna Isabella Milkbanke in 1814 and had one daughter with her. Soon after the birth of his daughter his wife left him and never returned. • In 1813 he engaged in a relationship with his halfsister Augusta Leigh, who was a mother of three

“She Walks in Beauty” She walks in beauty, like the And on that cheek, and o’er night that brow, Of cloudness climes and So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, starry skies The smiles that win,the tint And all that’s best of dark that glow, and bright But tell of days in goodness Meets in her aspect and her spent, eyes: A mind at peace with all Thus mellow’d to that tenderbelow, light A heart whose love is Which heaven to gaudy day innocent! denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair’d the nameless grace

Literary Analysis • The poem “She Walks in Beauty” was inspired by Lord Byron’s cousin. • He attended a party in the summer of 1814 and became inspired by the sight of he cousin, Mrs. Wilmot, who was wearing a black spangled dress. The contrast of the her dark dress and hair with her fair skin gave the illusion of light and shading. • The poem does not focus on the gloom of darkness, rather it looks that the beauty of the light that can illuminate through it.

Rhythm and Rhyme • The poem is written in a sequence of couplets, in which the last work in every other line rhyme known as a octave fallowing a sestet style. • Sestets fallow a six-line form with a cdcdcd pattern. The pattern repeats 3 times for a total of 18 lines. • Byron uses lyric poetry, this is when the poetry focuses on expression emotion or thought rather then on telling a story. In “She Walks in Beauty” he describes the women rather then telling the people what is going in.

Imagery • The poem was written about Lord Byron’s cousin who was wearing a black dress that was decorated with spangles. • The imagery is focused less on the physical beauty and more on the her internals strength. • There is no actual image of the women herself and her actions in it but more of the mere idea of it. • The end of the poem focuses on her moral character and her elegant and kind disposition.

Questions • What type of rhyming scheme did the author use in this poem? • What do you believe the inspiration and focus of this poem is?

Our Thoughts and Answers • 1) The rhyming scheme used in this poem was an a-b rhythm. This is when the author rhymes every other line to create a pattern that flows well. He also uses a mixture of meters including the iambic meter in some lines while having an irregular meter in usually the forth or third line. • 2) This poem was inspired by Byron’s cousin. He also focused on the idea of dark contrasting with bright light. The only knowledge that this poem is about a women is in the first few lines, after that little is referenced to her. The emphasis then changes from her to the surrounding light and glow.

Our Version To be a senior is the best All we have to do is come to school We don’t even have to take a test When May rolls around it is so cool Teachers don’t even expect us to work All we have to do is sit in class We sit in our desks and smirk If you get over a 59% you pass Then off to graduation you go When summer comes and we relax some more We will miss Ms. Bixler so Then off to college to learn some more!

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