| Front | Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty Explore: x4 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 |
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| Back | •contrast alternating from light and dark may show he is overwhelmed •'Thus mellowed to that tender light' + 'gaudy day' conveys her beauty as superior to nature itself •Doesnt obsesses with the superficiality of her appareance - there is an atypical mental appreciation •Holy lexical set - emphasises how virtuous she is •Metrical inversion at 'meet in' to illustrate the union? |
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