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1、TheAppreciationofSheWalksinBeautyByronisoneofthemostexcellentrepresentativesofEnglishRomanticismandoneofthemostinfluentialpoetsofthetime.Hisliterarycareerwascloselylinkedwiththestruggleandprogressivemovementsofhisage.Heopposedoppressionandslavery,andhasanardent(passionate)
2、loveforliberty.Hepraisedthepeople’srevolutionarystrugglesinhisworks.HispoemsarefavoritesoftheBritishworkersandthelaboringpeopleofothercountries.Byron’spoemsshowenergyandvigor,romanticdaring(bold,brave)andpowerfulpassion.HestandswithShakespeareandScottamongtheBritishwriters
3、whoexertthegreatestinfluenceoverthemainlandEuropeandtheChineseyouthgreatly.Butsomecriticsthinkmanyofhislinesareharsh(unkind),rugged(rough)andnotrhythmical.Somepoemsshowhisindividualheroismandpessimism."SheWalksinBeauty”isfrequentlyconsideredoneofhismostpowerfulworks.Itisan
4、eighteen-linepoem,muchshorterthanByron'sfamousnarrativepoems,likeChildeHarold'sPilgrimageorDonJuan.Butdespiteitsrelativebrevity,"SheWalksinBeauty"hasbecomeoneofthemostwell-knownandeasilyrecognizedpoemswrittenbyByron.Itisalyricpoemcenteringontheextraordinarybeautyofayoungla
5、dy.LordByronwrotethepoemin1814andpublisheditinacollection,HebrewMelodies,in1815. Asthenameofthevolumesuggests,thepoemsinthatvolumewerewrittentobesettomusic.OntheeveningofJune11,1814,Byronattendedapartywithhisfriend,JamesWedderburnWebster,attheLondonhomeofLadySarahCarolineS
6、itwell.AmongtheotherguestswasthewifeofByron’scousin,thebeautifulMrs.AnneBeatrixWilmot,whowasnewlywidowedandworeablackmourninggownbrightenwithspangles.HerexquisitegoodlooksdazzledByronandinspiredhimtowrite“SheWalksinBeauty.”Asthetitlesays,Shewalksinbeauty,themainthemeofthep
7、oemisthedescriptionofalady,theenumerationofcertainqualitiesthattheauthorconsidersgiveherbeauty.Theintroductionoftheverbto“walk”inthetitleisimportantbecauseitgivesconnotationsofadvancing,notonlyinspacebutalsointime.Itmakesreferencetothemovementofwalking,introducingthereader
8、thiswayintoareadingwhichisgoingtobeconstantthroughouttheentirepoem.Thepoemusesimagesoflig