She Walks in Beauty by George Gordon

She Walks in Beautyby George GordonJaymie RancourtAllyssa Wilson

Line 1:She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

Simile: a comparison using like or asShe walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

ImageryHe imagines this girl throughout the whole poem.Line 3:And all thats best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Personification: attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas.And all thats best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes;Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.The notebook

Lines 7 to 10One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens oer her face;

Metonymy: a figure of speech that substitutes one word for another that is closely related or a word that describe part of a whole.One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens oer her face;

Twilight: So the lion fell in love with the lamb

Rhyme SchemeOne shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens oer her face;

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Line 11-12Where thoughts serenely sweet express,How pure, how clear their dwelling place.Cosmic: a victim of fateWhere thoughts serenely sweet express,How pure, how clear their dwelling place.Alfalfa sings to Darla

Line 13-15And on that cheek, and oer that brow,So soft., so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,Hyperbole: exaggerationHe over exaggerates her beauty and her elegance.Lines 16-18But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below;A heart whose love is innocent!Slant Ryhme:But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below;A heart whose love is innocent!

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