"She Walks in Beauty"

Which word best describes the speaker's point of view regarding the lady who is the subject of the poem?

• envious

• homely

• exquisite

• gaudy

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In the opening stanza, the poet uses darkness and light in order to

• Indicate that the woman's beauty has all of the light and none of the darkness.

• indicate that the woman's beauty is a pleasing combination of darkness and light

• indicate that the woman's beauty would be more striking if it were not shrouded in darkness

• indicate that the woman's beauty would be more striking if it weren't bathed in so much light

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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Which statement best describes the theme of this poem?

• Beauty and innocence occupy separate spheres.

• Beauty is magnified by innocence.

• Beauty is often mistaken for innocence.

• Innocence and beauty can't always coexist.

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Which line from the poem reflects that the woman's beauty is not just external?

• "Thus mellow'd to that tender light/Which heaven to gaudy day denies"

• "And all that's best of dark and bright/Meet in her aspect and her eyes"

• "She walks in beauty, like the night/Of cloudless climes and starry skies"

• "Where thoughts serenely sweet express/How pure, how dear their dwelling place"

Which TWO themes are covered in this poem?

• Beauty and Evil

• Beauty and Brains

• Beauty and Virtue

• Beauty and Ugliness

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Which statement can said to be true about this poem?

• The poem compares nature to artificiality

• The poem praises both inner and outer beauty

• The poem speaks of beauty as antithetical to goodness.

• The poem speaks of beauty as a lost treasure.

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