Lord Byron seems to have anger and agitation because of his early years with the disappearance of his father, his club foot, and mother who saw him as a perception of his father. He was able to become a Lord when he inherited his great-uncle's title.
In the poem She Walks in Beauty, Byron contrasts between light and darkness. He is amazed at this woman's beauty. The subject of his poem is his cousin whom he sees at a party wearing a radiant dress. This seems to be a love poem, but being his cousin, it kind of makes me confused of his feelings to her. It seems as if it is a love at first sight situation. He describes that her beauty on the outside reflect her internal beauty as well, "meet in her aspect and her eyes"(358). He puts details in every aspect of this woman from her cheeks to her smile.
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Linh,
While it is a good idea to include a biographical context for an author prior to interpreting one of his poems, it is important to draw some connection between the life and the work, or else the bio info merely seems like filler. Here there is no clear connection between the two paragraphs of your post. Also, while you get off to a good start in your comments on "She Walks in Beauty," you don't go into sufficient depth.
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