Brittany CavallaroShe was altogether colorless and severe, and still she managed to be beautiful. Not the way that girls are generally beautiful, but more like the way a knife catches the light, makes you want to take it in your hands.
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The poem "She was altogether colorless and severe, and still she managed to be beautiful. Not the way that girls are generally beautiful, but more like the way a knife catches the light, makes you want to take it in your hands." conveys a sense of beauty that's often overlooked by romance novels. In the poem, the narrator implies that even though this woman is not one of those women you would think attractive, there is something about her that makes her beautiful.
Source: A Study In Charlotte
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