Sunday, March 25, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
She Walks in Beauty
-The dramatic situation is the appreciation of a woman’s beauty.
-The poem is structured in three stanzas, each with 6 lines in them, lines rhyming as ABABAB. Each verse has 8 syllables.
-The theme of the poem is exceptional beauty, found within a woman. The poem proceeds to explain different aspects of her beauty.
-The grammar is old fashioned since we don't write sentences like "And all that's best of dark and bright/ Meet in her aspect and her eyes:", especially with that punctuation- or lack of- and long sentences. The syntax and diction are distinctive to present day, with words like "climes" and "o'er". The meaning of the poem is that a woman walked in utmost beauty with beautiful aspects to her eyes, grace, face, smile, cheek, and brow.
- Imagery is included throughout the poem when describing the woman. For example, "Which waves in every raven tress/ Or softly lightens o'er her face:...". Figures of speech include the title and the first four words of the poem, "She walks in beauty", for one can't literally walk in beauty.
-Important words from the poem include "beauty", "love", and "pure" because they co ntain strong meaning.
- The tone of the poem is sweet and a bit sappy, for the author(s) seem to be idolizing this woman a bit.
- Literary devices: Alliteration: "of cloudless climes and starry skies"; Simile: "She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies." ; Metaphor: the light on the woman's face is the softness of her beauty. ;Diction: the vocabulary is clear and comprehensible.
-Prosody: The author kept it simple by keeping the poem short. The flow of the poem allowed the reader to understand how her characteristics were appreciated and that time passed.
-The poem is structured in three stanzas, each with 6 lines in them, lines rhyming as ABABAB. Each verse has 8 syllables.
-The theme of the poem is exceptional beauty, found within a woman. The poem proceeds to explain different aspects of her beauty.
-The grammar is old fashioned since we don't write sentences like "And all that's best of dark and bright/ Meet in her aspect and her eyes:", especially with that punctuation- or lack of- and long sentences. The syntax and diction are distinctive to present day, with words like "climes" and "o'er". The meaning of the poem is that a woman walked in utmost beauty with beautiful aspects to her eyes, grace, face, smile, cheek, and brow.
- Imagery is included throughout the poem when describing the woman. For example, "Which waves in every raven tress/ Or softly lightens o'er her face:...". Figures of speech include the title and the first four words of the poem, "She walks in beauty", for one can't literally walk in beauty.
-Important words from the poem include "beauty", "love", and "pure" because they co ntain strong meaning.
- The tone of the poem is sweet and a bit sappy, for the author(s) seem to be idolizing this woman a bit.
- Literary devices: Alliteration: "of cloudless climes and starry skies"; Simile: "She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies." ; Metaphor: the light on the woman's face is the softness of her beauty. ;Diction: the vocabulary is clear and comprehensible.
-Prosody: The author kept it simple by keeping the poem short. The flow of the poem allowed the reader to understand how her characteristics were appreciated and that time passed.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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