George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
See images from Byron's poetry
Things to Consider:
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Byronic Hero
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History and Politics
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Narrator / Persona
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The Sublime
Homework Questions:
657:
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What are the characteristics of the Byronic Hero?
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Canto Three (1816):
711:
712:
715:
717:
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Explain: "I have not loved the world, nor the world me" (1049).
Why does he repeat this line (1058)?
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How does this statement relate to the sentiments found in the concluding
stanzas (115-118)?
Canto Four:
721:
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Does the speaker really see a dying gladiator? Explain.
723:
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Explain lines 1598-1602.
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What aspects of the Ocean does Byron celebrate? Why?
725:
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Explain: "I am not now / That which I have been" (1662-63).
See also (3.1033).
Other Discussion Questions:
657:
Explain: "Like all myths, 'Byron' embodied contradictions more
than he resolved them" (657).
Why did Byron marry Annabella Millbanke?
Why did she leave him?
712:
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Why does Byron shift his focus in stanza 21 to a ball?
714:
715:
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Explain: "There is a very life in our despair" (298).
717:
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Explain stanza 94 (and footnote 5).
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Explain lines 902-904.
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Explain stanza 97.
718:
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Explain: "Fame is the thirst of youth" (1045).
719:
720:
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What does it mean for Opinion to achieve omnipotence (833)?
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Explain lines 856-59.
721:
724:
