She Walks in Beauty

Which expression tells you that the speaker in “She Walks in Beauty” admires the woman’s gentleness?

• “She walks in beauty”

• B. “that tender light”

• “one shade the more”

• “waves in every raven tress”

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Reread the third stanza of “She Walks in Beauty.” What main idea does the stanza structure allow this sestet to emphasize?

• This woman looks like the nighttime.

• This woman desires the speaker’s love.

• The speaker finds this woman beautiful.

• The speaker admires the woman’s goodness.

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What quality in the woman’s appearance in “She Walks in Beauty” creates “the nameless grace”?

• the balance of dark and bright

• waves in her long black hair

• her way of gazing at stars

• the light skin of her face

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Reread the third stanza of “She Walks in Beauty.” The rhythm and rhyme scheme of this sestet reflects

• a heart beating with passionate love

• the passing of time from day to night

• the pretty features of the woman’s face

• a calm peace the speaker sees in the woman

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In this poem, what kind of beauty does Byron describe?

• Outward appearances

• Inner goodness

• Both outward appearances and inner goodness

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Which rhyme scheme does Byron use?

• ababab

• abbabb

• aabaab

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In the line 'And all that's best of dark and bright' which literary device is Byron using?

• Assonance

• Antithesis

• Alliteration

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What does the word 'eloquent' (stanza 3) mean?

• Peaceful

• Clearly expressing something

• Silent

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Where is Byron thought to have actually first seen the woman he is describing?

• While out horse riding

• When walking in the park

• At a party

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Why does Byron use enjambment repeatedly?

• Byron wants to highlight the emotional state of the speaker

• Byron wants to make the poem difficult to follow

• Byron wrote quickly and could not always be bothered with punctuation

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