How do you paraphrase the poem she walks in beauty?
This poem is not necessarily a love poem, but more of a celebration of the subject’s beauty. Some critics have said that Byron fell passionately in love with his cousin and wrote this poem for her. He met her for the first time while she was in mourning over the death of a loved one. Thus, in modest black dress (hence the allusions to darkness, with the light referring to her beauty) Lord Byron encountered his cousin, known for her great beauty, and was taken aback. Nowhere in the poem does the poet mention or allude to love; he is merely commenting on the subject’s beauty.
