Which statement best expresses the theme of this poem?
Responses
A Beauty is magnified by innocence.Beauty is magnified by innocence.
B Beauty is often mistaken for innocence.Beauty is often mistaken for innocence.
C Innocence and beauty can't always coexist.Innocence and beauty can't always coexist.
D Beauty and innocence occupy separate spheres.
She Walks in Beauty
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 mellow'd to that tender light5
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;10
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,15
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!