| Front | Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty Explore: x4 One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress |
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| Back | •'one shade' looking at the balance of her beauty => a slight change could have marred it •'nameless grace' ineffable, no way for the human world or nature to define or construct it •'raven tress' convulates the image as it connects her with darkness, or it highlights how white and pale her facial skin is •Raven consumes the remains of other creatures, giving this bird the symbolic value of cleansing as well as an omen for death. |
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