powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating

a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a person or thing

to represent a quality or an idea exactly

to treat a person like an object or tool rather than as a human being

Analysing how Byron presents the woman in 'She Walks in Beauty'

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In 'Poetry anthology', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems. In 'Poetry anthology continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons between poems.

In 'A World at War: Poetry', pupils explore how poets presents the atrocities of World War One through their poetry. In 'Poetry anthology', pupils analyse how a variety of different wars have been presented through poetry.

In this unit, pupis explore 14 of the 18 poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis.  Pupils study the poems in a thematically linked order so they can complete comparative and thematic lessons during the unit.

Poetry anthology: first study

to represent a quality or an idea exactly.

to treat a person like a tool rather than as a human being

Match the keywords to their definitions. 

In stanza 1 of 'She Walks in Beauty' Byron compares the woman to a...

it could suggest that her beauty is unique

the speaker can see the darkness inside of her

the speaker may feel drawn to the woman in a way that feels dangerous

In 'She Walks in Beauty', Byron compares the woman to a raven. Why might this be? 

By using the pronoun "she" in 'She Walks in Beauty' Byron __________ the woman. 

Throughout 'She Walks in Beauty' Byron contrasts __________ and __________. 

Byron’s title 'She Walks in Beauty' is {{}} - it raises questions about what beauty truly is.

The description of the woman in Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty' suggests a __________ attraction.

The literary movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries which focused on the beauty of the natural world and emotion over logic is known as {{}}.

Byron, writer of 'She Walks in Beauty', was famed for his very public {{}} life, including his many affairs with women.

Complete the quote from Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty': "She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and {{}} skies".

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