Comparing Lord Byron's Valentine 'With She Walks In Beauty'

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The poem I have chosen to compare with “ Valentine” is “ She walks in beauty” by Lord Byron. I chose SWIB because it is very different to valentine as it is about Byron expressing his love and celebrating his love for his cousin.
To begin with SWIB from the first line is very romantique as his lover “walks in beauty like the night” This is a very romantique simile as it is saying that she magnificent and also is a cliché. Whereas valentine take a more critical approach to love as valentine is more about that love will blind you with tears like a lover” this clearly shows that how love is poisonous to you. Also both these quotes are very contrasting as they both mean the opposite things.
Also looking at the titles we expect to see two very

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