She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron and Douglas Dunns Reincarnation :: English Literature

Both She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron and Douglas Dunns Reincarnation are about romance.She Walks In Beauty/ ReincarnationBoth She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron and Douglas DunnsReincarnation are about romance. Although this is true they havemuch to be contrasted. She Walks In Beauty is about a man who istruly besotted with a woman who, from my observations, he doesnt even agnise. I think this from the fact that he doesnt tittle-tattle about anythingexcept for her looks and he says that he doesnt bash her nameHad half impaird the nameless grace====================================The poet takes pleasures from the womans beauty and, unlikeReincarnation by Dunn, the poem chiefly focuses on the womans sexualattraction. She is often compared to perfectionOf cloudless climes and starry skiesThis also shows just how infatuated he is with her. This is an immensescale to put her on as it compares her not only to a section of acountry but to the enormity and perfection of the galaxy. Thism etaphor also refers to her mysterious nature because -the poem was create verbally almost two hundred years ago, in the early nineteenth century-not much was known about the night skies as it is so furthermost away nobodyhas ever been there. This also shows how little he knows about her. Asense of adulation also occurs throughout Lord Byrons poem and itseems as though he cannot criticise her at all.This is completely contrasted with the bond between himself and thewoman in Dunns Reincarnation. We can say, almost certainly, thatReincarnation is autobiographical, as we know that Dunns wife diedin 1984 from cancer. I think the sudden and premature death of hiswife has been the inspiration for this poem that is so full of nakedemotion and so full of true love, unlike the lust for the woman in thepoem by Lord Byron, that you can almost feel his pain.For now I know the shame of being late,Too late.This shows the sorrow he is feeling. It also hints at remorse, givingus the sense that he f eels slightly guilty about the death, which was manifestly not his fault. It could also be showing us that he feels hehas unfinished business with her or maybe he feels that he didnt have panorama to say goodbye because he was so unprepared for it.The diction chosen by Lord Byron is very sophisticated. The words hechooses to use, such as argent make his poem flow with a smooth andgraceful rhythm. The rhymes in She Walks In Beauty are monosyllabic