“She Walks in Beauty” is a poem written in 1814 by Lord Byron. It is one of his most famous poems that describe a woman of much beauty and elegance. It is told from the third person omniscient point of view. The first couple of lines can be a little confusing if not read correctly. This poem is said to be inspired by the vision of his cousin by marriage. It was the first of many poems to be set to Jewish tunes from the synagogue by Isaac Nathan (Pete, A. 1999). In the following pages we will break apart the poem and describe more of the literacy contents that this poem contains. We first will discuss the theme of the poem. The theme of a literary work is the idea continuously developed throughout the poem by sets of key words that identify the poet’s subject and his attitude or feelings about it; it may also be suggested by the title of a poem or by the segments of the poem. The theme of this poem in this authors eyes, would be the women’s exceptional beauty, in-side as well as out-side. This poem praises the woman’s strength of body, spirit and mind as well as the beauty. Next we will talk about the first couple of lines of this poem; if a reader reads these lines incorrectly it would be harder for them to understand this poem. Many times the reader stops at the end of the first line, where this is no punctuation. This is called an enjambed line, which means that it continues with our pause onto the second line (Clugston, 2010). This author feels that these first two lines bring together the opposing qualities of darkness and light that are at play throughout the first three verses of this poem. There is an additional enjambed line in the same verse; this focus of the vision is upon the details of the lady’s face and eyes which reflect the mellowed and tender light. The third and fourth lines also are enjambed. Next we will