V6 Romanticism Lord Byron

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Lord byron
  • Born in London as George Gordon, parents separated and he moved with his mother to Aberdeen (Scotland)
  • Inherited the title Lord Byron from his childless uncle.
  • Had a good education (Latin school, public school, Cambridge University)
  • Bisexual (series of scandals)
  • Left England in 1816 for good, befriended Shelley
  • Famous work: Don Juan
  • Byronic hero
  • Eccentric, flamboyant and controversial

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Ada Lovelace
Lord Byron's daughter: 
  She wrote the first computer program—that is, an algorithm designed to be carried out by a machine

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Byron: 
-eccentric!
-flamboyant!
-controversial!

She walks in beauty: outward beauty reflected inner beauty

Let's read the poem now!

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GOAL
She Walks in Beauty
By Lord Byron

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Is this poem a sonnet?
A
Yes
B
No

Slide 11 - Quiz

Question explained:
No. This poem has 18 lines, while a sonnet has 14.

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What is the rhyme scheme?
A
ABCB
B
ABCD
C
ABAB
D
ABBA

Slide 13 - Quiz

How many syllables (lettergrepen) are there in each line?
A
4
B
5
C
8
D
10

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What is the metre (rhytmic sequence of the syllables?)
A
4 iambuses per line
B
3 iambuses per line
C
4 times unstressed / stressed
D
2 times unstressed / stressed

Slide 15 - Quiz

What is the effect of the run-on line?
A
You should not stop, but continue reading.
B
You can have a short pause.
C
Attention is drawn to certain words.
D
It seems as if the poet is overwhelmed

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How can you easily recognise a run-on line?
A
They never end with a punctuation mark.
B
Focus on the iambic rhythm.
C
The verb is missing.

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Is line 1 the only run on line in this poem?
A
yes
B
no: line 3 is also a run-on line.
C
No: line 13 is also a run-on line.

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What is a run-on line called in Dutch?

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 over a line-break. 

Enjambment or         run-on line 

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What figure of speech is contained in line 2?

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The night is perfect because? 

  • It is a cloudless night and the skies are strewn with stars (association with Mrs Wilmot’s spangled black mourning dress).

 



mourning = rouw

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Line 4 is different from the rest in terms of meter. 
What is the actual difference? What is the effect? 
  • The first two words are not iambic. The emphasis is placed on the word meet. = trochee (stressed/unstressed)
  • The word meet is therefore sharply stressed.

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How is the daylight described in line 6? 
  • As gaudy. The daylight is associated with something vulgar.
  •  gaudy = bright / showy



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What striking conclusion might one draw from lines 7 to 8?
  • If the light and shade were not in such perfect harmony, then her beauty would have been affected; she would only have appeared half as pretty.



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Which two aspects of her appearance are named specifically?
A
hair
B
nails
C
body
D
face

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Stanza 2+3 are constructed in the same manner. What common structure do they share?
  • The first four lines describe her appearance, and the last two her nature.
 
What is emphasised in the last two lines?
  • The gentle glow on her face reflects a life of tranquillity and goodness. She is entirely innocent, and not cunning or wily (as many of the ladies in Byron’s circles were).


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What is your opinion of this poem? Please explain!

Slide 29 - Open question

Which characteristics of the Romantic Period do we find in this poem? Explain your answer.

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