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 grace
Which 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!
How are the women in the two poems alike, and how are they different?
A) They are both kind, but only the woman in Keats's poem is beautiful.
B) They are both ruthless, but only the woman in Byron's poem is beautiful.
C) They are both beautiful, but the woman in Keats's poem is ruthless, while the woman in Byron's poem is kind.
D) They are both beautiful, but the woman in Keats's poem is kind, while the woman in Byron's poem is ruthless.