Romanticism+vs.+Realism

Romanticism: Authors: Keats, Shelley, Gordon Realism: Authors: Twain, Howells, Davis
 * tends to emphasize a love for nature
 * extreme characters
 * flowery language
 * shows love for everything
 * focuses on strong emotions
 * heroic characters
 * focuses on inner thought
 * presents things as they really are
 * form of abstract philosophy
 * class is important
 * barely any mention of a higher power

=She Walks in Beauty = BY [|LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON)]  She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes;Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face;Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!

Analysis:


 * not only focuses on appearance, but also glorifies the internal aspect of her---makes her praiseworthy
 * makes contrast between darkness and brightness
 * contrasts could relate to lots of thing (black hair or black eyes)
 * creates a calm image of the woman
 * her beauty comes from within
 * the woman is priceless
 * she possess internal and external beauty
 * her thoughts are pure
 * Personification
 * Similes and metaphors
 * Alliteration
 * onamonapia
 * tone is calm
 * Juxtaposition
 * soft and simple language
 * vivid



