Perspectives

To better understand the poem “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron, it is necessary to put it into perspective. This way, you will be able to engage in meaningful dialogues about it and gather new knowledge related to it.

The literary period

Romanticism is a literary period characteristic to the late 1700s. The Romantic Movement has influenced the following literary periods. Writers either copied the Romantic style or set off to demolish it. Either way, Romanticism still remains one of the most noticeable literary period of all time, a period which gave to the world valuable poets like Byron, Shelley or Keats.

When focusing on Romanticism, also pay attention to the characteristics of the period. Most Romantic writers focused on idealism rendered with passion and exaltation, but they also focused on beauty, nature and freedom from constraints. You should make at note of the fact that the Romantic Movement came as a response to the Enlightenment period, whi...