Beauty Is More Than Just Skin Deep Brian Egnor ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Lariats Pursuits July 22, 2013 Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep The lyric poem "She Walks in Beauty takes a look at what true beauty is, both on the outside and on the inside.
Lord Byron (otherwise known as George Gordon Byron) goes Into great detail describing a woman's character, as well as her physical looks in order to show all of her beauty. The reader gets a sense through the title alone that the poem is not going Just describe one aspect of the woman.Using the ERP, "walk" lets the reader know this story Is going to be a Journey through multiple dimensions and not just a one sided story. The narrator describes both inner and outer beauty in great detail. It is believed that the narrator is Lord Byron himself.
The definition of beauty Is different in everybody's eyes. This paper will describe three key elements Lord Byron used to describe beauty of the woman featured in this poem. The main character in this poem was inspired by Lord Boron's cousin by marriage that he saw at "party of Lady Stilwell" on June 12th 1814.She appeared In mourning with dark spangles on her dress (Needier, 2010).
Byron could see her true beauty even though he was looking upon here from afar. She was in a saddened state of mind but he was still able to see her true beauty. Seeing her this way was like seeing someone stripped of everything, the elegant dresses, the manners, and fake smiles only to reveal her true self. "She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies;" Is a simile In the flirt stanza of the poem that allows the reader to see her as Lord Byron saw her. She Walks in Beauty' as cited in Glutton, 2010, lines 1 & 2).
She was the star in the dark sky. As in she was the shining light in midst of all the darkness. The use of this enjambment shows that the thought continues with pause onto the second line. The pause at the end of the first line would cause an interruption in the rhythm and compromise the understanding of the poem. Also in the first stanza Byron goes deeper with his contrast of light and dark with the woman in (lines 6 and 7). "Thus mellowed to that tender light/ Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray less" (She Walks in Beauty" as cited in Glutton, 2010). Lord Byron describes beauty as being able to be dark as well as bright and vibrant. He describes her hair in line 9, "Which waves in every raven trees," the metaphor "raven" is used to describe the dark color black as the bird the raven Is a deep black color. Followed up by line 10 where he shows more light, "Or softly lightens o'er her face;" describing her hair as it bounces off her face. There are many deferent definitions and opinions on what beauty truly is and how people see It.
The poem's opening shows that beauty not only can lay In the light but also in the darkness. Lord Byron saw the beauty in this woman even without all the extras stereotypically associated with It. He saw her for what she is without all the outer beauty that caught his eye. Lord Byron is known to be to have unconventional feelings toward his family. In this poem he describes a scandalous life he lived.
"Lord Byron led a scandalous life defined by his omnivorous sexuality; he is famous for his "affair" with his half-sister Augusta, which produced a child" (cited in Pennsylvania, K.
