Consider the poems.
"She Walks in Beauty"
by George Gordon Byron
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;
An excerpt from "To
Helen"
by Edgar Allan Poe
Helen, thy beauty is to
me Like those Nicean
barks of yore, That
gently, o'er a perfumed
sea, The weary,
wayworn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.
On desperate seas long
wont to roam, Thy
hyacinth hair, thy classic
face, Thy Naiad airs
have brought me home
To the glory that was
How is Poe's word choice different than Byron's?
Poe's description is more grand and worldly than
Byron's.
Poe's description is more calm and soothing than
Byron's.
Poe includes more physical description than Byron.
Poe confesses more about shortcomings than
Byron.