ANS.She Walks In Beauty, Lord Byron is one of the foremost Romantic poets. He was born in 1788; about 18 years younger than Wordsworth, and a close contemporary of Shelley and Keats.
Although Byron upheld the same romantic ideals of poetry, he specialized in satire. His best-known satires are Don Juan a.d Vision of Judgement. He spent an unhappy childhood and had to spend a life of exile from his country on account of some scandals in his private life.
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He left England after his separation from his wife in April 1816 and lived in Switzerland and Italy with Shelley till his death in 1824. Byron is famous for his verse satires, but he has written some of the most exquisite love poetry in English.
She Walks In Beauty
‘She walks in beauty is one of the finest love- lyrics in the English language. It was composed and published in 1815 in his volume of poems entitled Hebrew Melodies.
The general title of the “Stanzas for music and the musical element predominates in The is Poem pure love-lyric and can be fully understood and enjoyed without poem any autobiographical reference at all.
However, the poem is believed to be written in praise of Mrs. Mrsot a cousin of Byron. Byrom is singing the praise of the beloved’s beauty in this fine love-lyric.
Praising his beloved’s beauty in this small and lovely lyric, Byron says that the beauty of his beloved is like that of starry skies on cloudless nights. The balanced complexion of the beloved has that tender mellowness that even the bright and gaudy day lacks. Her beauty has a unique balance.
The curls of her jet black hair give a fine grace to her face. And the face itself is the ‘dwelling place’ of serenely sweet thoughts.
She Walks In Beauty
The soft cheek and the calm brow of his beloved express their beauty even in their silence. The glowing colors of her smiles show that she is full of goodness.
She has a peaceful and innocent soul. the poem is remarkable for its exquisite imagery and sweet music. The musical element, which is so predominate in the poem, as well as the fine imagery, is almost palpable in She Walks In Beauty following lines :
She walks in beauty like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies.
