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Slide 2 SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY BY GEORGE GORDON Jaymie Rancourt Allyssa Wilson Slide 3 LINE 1: She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; Slide 4 SIMILE: A COMPARISON USING LIKE OR AS She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; Slide 5 IMAGERY He imagines this girl throughout the whole poem. Slide 6 LINE 3: And all thats best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Slide 7 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 light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. Slide 8 THE NOTEBOOK Slide 9 LINES 7 TO 10 One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens oer her face; Slide 10 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 grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens oer her face; Slide 11 TWILIGHT: SO THE LION FELL IN LOVE WITH THE LAMB Slide 12 RHYME SCHEME One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens oer her face; Slide 13 NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE Poem About Janie Slide 14 LINE 11-12 Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how clear their dwelling place. Slide 15 COSMIC: A VICTIM OF FATE Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how clear their dwelling place. Slide 16 ALFALFA SINGS TO DARLA Slide 17 LINE 13-15 And on that cheek, and oer that brow, So soft., so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, Slide 18 HYPERBOLE: EXAGGERATION He over exaggerates her beauty and her elegance. Slide 19 LINES 16-18 But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below; A heart whose love is innocent! Slide 20 SLANT RYHME: But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below; A heart whose love is innocent!