Diction In She Walks In Beauty

Beauty is often a trait that is admired in many cultures all around the world, the cultures and stories paint a picture of the beauty of the universe, the Earth, and even the individual. Lord Byron is able to capture the beauty of the individual within the poem “She Walks in Beauty.” In this poem Byron uses devices such as, diction, imagery, and syntax to present a melodic tone towards the beauty that comes from inside of the person. To begin with, Lord Byron uses euphonious diction in order to show the melodic tone that is found in the poem. Byron explains how the dark and the light within her eyes balance each other out in order to create a light that is “tender” and competes with heaven and the brightest of days (5). The poet is stating

He begins with saying that she is “like the night/ of cloudless climes and starry skies” (1-2). He uses a simile in to compare her beauty to the night sky, being both bright and dark, causing the line to have a lyrical effect. Also, in the first stanza he uses alliteration with “cloudless climes and starry skies” to help the poem flow more and create a more lyrical effect (2). It also helps to describe the woman’s elegancy through the melodious choice of words. In the second stanza he uses the oxymoron “one shade the more, one ray the less” (7). This oxymoron is used in contradiction to each other, which he uses this to show that she is perfectly balanced, and if it is messed up then she will no longer be as beautiful as she once was. From the third stanza Byron uses alliteration saying that the woman's smile is “so soft, so calm, yet eloquent” (14). Byron uses alliteration to obtain the melodic effect, and to show how the woman has a smile that is both relaxed and thoughtful at the same time, giving her immense beauty. Lord Byron’s use of imagery creates a melodic effect to show the internal beauty of the woman from the