She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Byron's life span
Byron's life span
1788 to 1824
Publication year of 'She Walks in Beauty'
Publication year of 'She Walks in Beauty'
1815
Romantic movement emphasis (3 aspects)
Romantic movement emphasis (3 aspects)
Emotion, imagination, and individual experience
Meter used in the poem
Meter used in the poem
Iambic tetrameter
Rhyme scheme of the poem
Rhyme scheme of the poem
ABABAB
Unique aspect of speaker-woman relationship
Unique aspect of speaker-woman relationship
Distant observation, no established connection
Key theme linking beauty types
Key theme linking beauty types
Outer beauty can reflect inner goodness
Woman compared to in opening simile
Woman compared to in opening simile
Night of cloudless climes and starry skies
Line 7 phrase showing precision of beauty
Line 7 phrase showing precision of beauty
One shade more, one shade the less
Feminist reading critique of poem
Feminist reading critique of poem
Objectification of woman as mute object, infantilised