1. By George Gordon, Lord BYRON
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY By
George Gordon, Lord BYRON

2. CONTENT Life of the poet Period (Romantic) Character analysis
Description of the poem
Themes
Symbols
Personification
Metaphors/ Similes
Language use
Implementations in classroom
Conclusion

3. 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

4. ROMANTIC PERIOD Movement in art, literature, and music
A philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural era.
Industrial Revolution
Concepts like nature, love, moral issues
ROMANTICISM
Imagination
Intuition
Individuality
Idealism
Inspiration

5. 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

6. CHARACTER ANALYSIS An unnamed woman cousin of the poet
never speaks for herself
beautiful, innocent and pure

7. Title

8. 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

9. - 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

10. - Lines 7-10 “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”
A perfect balance between shade and light
She has black hair
Her nameless beauty lightens her face

11. -Lines “Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling place” -Lines “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

12. -Lines “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

13. THEMES BEAUTY A long description of an unnamed woman’s beauty
Physical beauty and spiritual beauty

14. THEMES INNOCENT LOVE Her love is innocent like her personality
He tells how gorgeous she is
Her love is innocent like her personality
“A heart whose love is innocent” line 18

15. 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

16. SYMBOLS
RAVEN TRESS
In conventional literature, beauties are generally pale and blonde
This lady is brunette

17. 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

18. PERSONIFICATION
“Which heaven to gaudy day denies”(Line 6) Can heaven really deny something? Of course, not..

19. PERSONIFICATION
“The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent”(Line 15) “tell of the time …”

20. PERSONIFICATION
“Where thoughts serenely sweet express” ( Line 11) “Expressing thoughts in her face” Line “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.”

21. METAPHORS
“dwelling place” (Line 12) woman’s mind

22. METAPHORS
raven dark hair

23. SIMILES
“She walks in beauty, like the night”(Line 1) the woman= the night

24. 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.                                       A B A B A B

25. 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! C D C D C D E F E F E F

26. 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

27. IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM
Pre-reading activities
Biographical Montage
Star Diagrams
List the relevant words/phrases under the topics
Information about the poem

28. IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM
While-reading activities
Reassessing
True or false
Assess before and while reading to compare
Provides help for students reforming the sentences 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

29. IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASSROOM
Post-reading Activities
Choose 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

30. 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.

31. “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

32. THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
PREPARED BY:
- Aysel SARIGÜL
- Gökhan AKTAŞ
- İpek KAYA
- Ayşe Gül AKIN