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SHE WALKS IN BEAUTYBy
George Gordon, Lord BYRON
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CONTENT• Life of the poet• Period (Romantic)• Character analysis• Description of the poem• Themes• Symbols• Personification• Metaphors/ Similes• Language use• Implementations in classroom• Conclusion
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POET
22 January in 1788, England
Well known poet and politician
A national hero for Greeks
Planning an attack to Ottoman empire, he felt ill
19 April in 1824 in Greece
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ROMANTIC PERIOD
Movement in art, literature, and music A philosophical, literary, artistic and
cultural era. Industrial Revolution Concepts like nature, love, moral issues
Inspiration Imagination Intuition Individuality Idealism
ROMANTICISM
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The poem and the Romanticism
We can say that She Walks in Beauty is a Romantic poem that has a lot of characteristics of the movement such as;
medieval features strong emotion as a source of aesthetic
experience inclination to talk about nature and love
Nature “which heaven to gaudy day denies” line 6
Love “A heart whose love is innocent” line 18
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
- An unnamed woman
cousin of the poet
never speaks for herself
beautiful, innocent and pure
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DESCRIPTION OF THE POEM
- Lines 1-2“She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies”
An unnamed woman walks in beauty
Her beauty is compared to night
No cloud and a lot of stars
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- Lines 3-4 “And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes”
- Lines 5-6 “Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies”
Contrast between dark and light
Meet in her in a wonderful way
The light is more intense during the day
The light is gaudy in day
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- Lines 7-10 “One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face”
A perfect balance
between shade and
light
She has black hair
Her nameless
beauty lightens her
face
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-Lines 11-12 “Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling place”
-Lines 13-15 “And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow”
Peaceful thoughts
Exterior and interior thoughts
Pure, valuable and innocent mind
Soft, calm and elegant glow
Reflection of inner beauty
Her face is expressive
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-Lines 16-18 “But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!”
She is not just a beautiful girl
A peaceful mind
An innocent love
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THEMES
BEAUTY
A long description of an unnamed
woman’s beauty
Physical beauty and spiritual beauty
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THEMES
INNOCENT LOVE
He tells how gorgeous she is
Her love is innocent like her
personality
“A heart whose love is innocent” line 18
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SYMBOLS
DARK(NIGHT) & BRIGHT(DAY) Different from conventional English
literature
Instead of summer days, her beauty is
compared to ‘dark night’ The harmony of two opposites
She’s got the best of both dark and
bright
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SYMBOLS
RAVEN TRESS
In conventional literature,
beauties are generally pale
and blonde
This lady is brunette
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SYMBOLS
SMILES & BLUSHES
Not only her pretty face but also
her inner beauty
Her inner beauty is mirrored by her
outer beauty
Reflections of her thoughts and
feelings
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PERSONIFICATION
“Which heaven to gaudy day denies”(Line 6)
Can heaven really deny something?Of course, not..
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PERSONIFICATION
“The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent”(Line 15)
“tell of the time …”
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PERSONIFICATION
“Where thoughts serenely sweet express” ( Line 11)
“Expressing thoughts in her face”
Line 14- 15 “And on that cheek, and o'er that
brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent The smiles that win, the tints that
glow”“woman’s smiles, tints, blushes in her
cheeks speaks as if they were human.”
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METAPHORS
“dwelling place” (Line 12)
woman’s mind
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METAPHORS
raven dark hair
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SIMILES
“She walks in beauty, like the night”(Line 1)the woman= the night
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LANGUAGE USE
three stanzas eighteen-line poem of three six-line stanzas rhyme is presented below; She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
ABABAB
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LANGUAGE USE
One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!
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IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM
Pre-reading activities
Getting in the Mood Using the theme
Create a picture in their minds Assume that they are in the scene
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IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM
Pre-reading activities
Biographical Montage Star Diagrams
Information about the poem List the relevant words/phrases under the topics
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IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM
While-reading activities
True or false Reassessing
Provides help for students reforming the sentences
Assess before and while reading to compare
T F
T F
T F
T F
The poet likens the lady to the night
The poet intends to emphasize her pessimistic view
The poet combines black and white in her beauty
The lady has a really serene expression
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IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM
Post-reading ActivitiesChoose the Statement Just a minute
Choose one among the given statements and justify
Talk about the chosen theme within a minute without halting and hesitation
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CONCLUSION
Beauty and innocence has
always had its place in art.
Many artists, poets and
authors mentioned about
beauty and innocence one
way or another.
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“Beauty is not in the face, beauty is a light in the heart.” Kahlil GIBRAN
“Beauty… when you look into a woman’s eyes and see what’s in her heart.”
Nate DIRCKS
“Innocence is like a polished armor; it adorns and defends.” Bishop Robert South
“Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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THANKS FOR YOUR
PARTICIPATION
PREPARED BY:
- Aysel SARIGÜL
- Gökhan AKTAŞ
- İpek KAYA
- Ayşe Gül AKIN