Analysis of She Walks In Beauty
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
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.
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!
Scheme | ABABAB CDCDCD XEFXFE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 11010101 01111101 1001001 11011101 110110101 11011101 11010101 110100101 110101001 110100101 11111101 011101011 11111100 01110111 11110101 01111101 01111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 641 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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