Lord Byron's Poem She Walks In Beauty
In Lord Byron poem, She Walks in Beauty; the poet admires the beauty of a women. However, he does not pay attention to the external appearance of the women but extends his adoration onto the internal features of her; which make her more beautiful and admirable. In the first stanza of the poem, Byron describes the physical attributes of the women, stating “She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies;.” (1-2) At this point, the poet depicts an image of a dark, clear sky with twinkling stars; to make the contrast between darkness and light. A few interpretations can be considered by the difference such as “black hair and white skin”, or “eyes that are profound and dark, and having the white part of the eye clear.”
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The poet conveys how perfect the women’s face is and that even the smallest change would destroy it by stating “Had half impaired the nameless grace,’ (8). The phrase “Half impaired” might imply that while her physical beauty is destroyed: creating an imbalance, it does not account for her entirety because she would still be marvelous inside. Likewise, another significance we can take from the expression “Half impaired” is that the current state of the women is so perfect and that she is so balanced that a facial disfiguration cannot take from her beauty. In previously stated expression “nameless grace” (8) Byron glorified the women even further because it suggests that she is so beautiful and irreplaceable that it can’t be well-defined or conveyed as a name. The expression “Which waves in every raven trees.,” (9) gives us understanding that her hair is black because during the 1788-1824 when the poem was written “black hair” was considered an essential quality of beauty. Thus, this expression conveys just how beautiful it was. In retrospect, the poet signifying that the women’s hair is black magnifies the women’s beauty and sets her apart from other individuals. The last two sentences, “Where thoughts serenely sweet express/How pure, how dear their dwelling-place,”(11-12) further paint the picture of how the women’s physical beauty echo her inner beauty. When the poet wrote “Dwelling-place,” (11-12) he is relaying that the women’s spirit and mind are pure and sweet. In retrospect, being clean or pure, and soft inside is the perfect quality of an individual, and it upholds how beautiful she
The poet conveys how perfect the women’s face is and that even the smallest change would destroy it by stating “Had half impaired the nameless grace,’ (8). The phrase “Half impaired” might imply that while her physical beauty is destroyed: creating an imbalance, it does not account for her entirety because she would still be marvelous inside. Likewise, another significance we can take from the expression “Half impaired” is that the current state of the women is so perfect and that she is so balanced that a facial disfiguration cannot take from her beauty. In previously stated expression “nameless grace” (8) Byron glorified the women even further because it suggests that she is so beautiful and irreplaceable that it can’t be well-defined or conveyed as a name. The expression “Which waves in every raven trees.,” (9) gives us understanding that her hair is black because during the 1788-1824 when the poem was written “black hair” was considered an essential quality of beauty. Thus, this expression conveys just how beautiful it was. In retrospect, the poet signifying that the women’s hair is black magnifies the women’s beauty and sets her apart from other individuals. The last two sentences, “Where thoughts serenely sweet express/How pure, how dear their dwelling-place,”(11-12) further paint the picture of how the women’s physical beauty echo her inner beauty. When the poet wrote “Dwelling-place,” (11-12) he is relaying that the women’s spirit and mind are pure and sweet. In retrospect, being clean or pure, and soft inside is the perfect quality of an individual, and it upholds how beautiful she