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She Walks in Beauty by George Gordon

She Walks in Beauty by George Gordon. Jaymie Rancourt Allyssa Wilson. Line 1:. “She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ;”. Simile : a comparison using like or as. She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;. Imagery.

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She Walks in Beauty by George Gordon

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  1. She Walks in Beautyby George Gordon JaymieRancourt Allyssa Wilson

  2. Line 1: “She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;”

  3. Simile: a comparison using like or as She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

  4. Imagery • He imagines this girl throughout the whole poem.

  5. Line 3: And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

  6. Personification: attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas. 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 gaudydaydenies.

  7. The notebook

  8. Lines 7 to 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;

  9. Metonymy: a figure of speech that substitutes one word for another that is closely related or a word that describe part of a whole. 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;

  10. Twilight: So the lion fell in love with the lamb…

  11. Rhyme Scheme 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;

  12. Not another teen movie “Poem” About Janie

  13. Line 11-12 Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how clear their dwelling place.

  14. Cosmic: a victim of fate • Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how clear their dwelling place.

  15. Alfalfa sings to Darla

  16. Line 13-15 And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft., so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

  17. Hyperbole: exaggeration • He over exaggerates her beauty and her elegance.

  18. Lines 16-18 But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below; A heart whose love is innocent!

  19. Slant Ryhme: But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below; A heart whose love is innocent!

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