Theme

The poem “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron explores several themes, out of which amazement, beauty and femininity and duality are the most notable.

Beauty and femininity

The entire poem is an ode dedicated to a woman. She is depicted as being extremely beautiful, and the author focuses on every aspect of her being. We get to know details related to her walk, her smiles, the movement of her brows and the glow in her cheeks. The poet renders extremely feminine details which he considers the reflection of a good soul and a pure heart. For him, a woman who is beautiful on the inside is also beautiful on the outside. He cannot imagine an evil woman being beautiful, and he considers that beauty comes from within.

Overall, the woman depicted in the poem becomes a symbol of femininity, of what a woman should be like. She represents an ideal, something that must be achieved by everyone. You should know that idealism is one of the concepts on which Romantic writers chose to focus upon in their poetry.

Do you think that the poem does justice to femininity? Is beau...