Std. XII- 2.7 She Walks in Beauty
Poem "She Walks in Beauty" is a famous poem by British Romantic poet Lord Byron.
It was first published in 1815. The poem praises and seeks to capture a sense of the beauty of a particular woman.
The poet compares this woman to a lovely night with a clear starry sky and goes on to convey her beauty as a harmonious "meeting" between darkness and light.
After the discussion of physical attractiveness,
the poem then describes this outer beauty as representative of inner goodness
and virtue.