So Fair Is She
So Fair Is She - meaning Summary
Beauty and Unequal Power
The poem presents a sharp, ironic contrast: an elegantly described woman whose beauty is undercut by the threatening presence of her larger husband. Brief and darkly comic, the speaker shifts from admiration to alarm in two short stanzas, suggesting an imbalance of power and an unease behind outward appearance. The effect is a compact observation about how domestic intimacy can contain coercion or menace despite surface attractiveness.
Read Complete AnalysesSo fair is she! So fair her face So fair her pulsing figure Not so fair The maniacal stare Of a husband who's much bigger.
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