Topic > An in-depth haul from She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

An in-depth look at “She Walks in Beauty”Many people find it difficult to express feelings of love or adoration to the person who has captured their attention. In Lord Byron's poem "She Walks in Beauty", the speaker describes his admiration for a beautiful lady in eighteen lines. The ABABAB tetrameter sets up a soothing poem, the metaphors and similes describe the woman as a unique beauty, and the tone of the poem makes the reader believe that the speaker idolizes and worships the described woman, it makes the reader feel the adoration of who speaks. has for the lady. To fully appreciate the ballad of “She Walks in Beauty” the reader must read the poem aloud, to hear the soothing, rhyming iambic tetrameter in the poem. In Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty" each stanza is made up of a sestet, following the rhyme scheme of lines 1, 3 and 5 rhyming; lines 2, 4 and 6 also rhyme. For example in the first stanza, the lines end with: "night... bright... light" (1, 3, 5) for A; for the ending B, the lines end with "heavens...eyes...nega" (2, 4, 6). Furthermore, the syllable is naturally stressed...