a feeling of great wonder and/or admiration

to be filled with love for someone or something

A literary movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in which poets began to turn their attention towards nature and the interior world of feeling

to form opinions about something without having the necessary facts or information

Understanding '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.

Poetry anthology: first study

A literary movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

to form opinions about something without having the necessary facts

Match the keywords with their definitions.

Byron describes the woman's physical beauty. 

Byron describes the woman as being gentle.

Byron speculates about the woman's inner beauty.

Starting with the first, put the summary of 'She Walks in Beauty' in chronological order.

a delight in the unspoilt beauty of nature

Romanticism was a movement in the late 18th/early 19th centuries. Romantic poets focused on...

Arguably, 'She Walks in Beauty' shows only a __________ attraction and not love.

In 'She Walks in Beauty' the speaker feels {{}} with the woman he is describing. 

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

If something is 'enchanting' this means...

If you describe someone's face you are focusing on their __________ qualities.

What words would we associate with someone described as 'gentle'? 

{{}} is the name of the literary movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in which poets turned their attention and awe to the natural world. 

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