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The Romantic poets sought to write epics that incorporated new philosophies, ideals, and literary trends, while also parodying, satirizing and deconstructing the epic poem itself. Rather than merely extend the epic tradition, several Romantic poets subverted the characteristics and tropes attributed to epic poetry, creating an interesting revision of the epic. Two seminal works of Romantic poetry that adequately showcase the revision of epic tradition are William Wordsworth’s introspective epic The Prelude and Lord Byron’s biting epic satire Don Juan. Incorporating either introspection and reflection or irony and satire, both of these works incorporate themes from the epic tradition while also subverting its significant aspects,

The understanding of what Romanticism, the Byronic Hero, and how the superfluous man came to be, shows how it can be iterated that Pechorin helps show Romanticism as the set of damaging set of ideals it really

The second generation was the group of poets better known for their rebellious and opinionated poems. This generation shifted from voicing their opinions of the civil rights, and the French Revolution to their feelings about the Industrial Revolution and the egotistic and prideful mindset of aristocrats, of whom most of the poets belonged. The author, often, would use the poems they wrote to portray themselves or a visionary part of themselves, either way the second generation wrote in a more arrogant and selfish tone. One of the greatest poets that portrayed these mannerisms was George Gordon, or better known as Lord Byron. The common theme of Byron’s poems was that of the typical romantic heroic actions, and filled with an adulterous attitude (”English Literature: The Romantic Period”).

While romantics loved nature, they turned towards the individual and used heroes that were a historical person or a fictional character. Napoleon was a romantic hero with his military campaigns, and his civil law called Code Napoléon. The first hero in literary fiction was Prometheus. This hero was beloved because he felt the suffering of humanity and was punished for it. In comparison, the monster known as Frankenstein captured the imagination of all who read it. Poet Byron’ character hero was known for being very exotic in his poem Don Juan. In Russia, Pushkin used the love of nation and liberty for his hero general Napoleon in his poem Napoleon.

When considering Byron’s poetry, one must understand the Byronic hero. The Byronic hero is an anti-hero that has various negative and positive aspects, such as being both remorseful and unrepentant, alienated, exiled, a wanderer, guilt-ridden, estranged, and both proud and aloof. Furthermore, this character is faithful to a lofty ideal and freedom-loving. Byron’s poem, “Prometheus” is a perfect illustration of the use of the Byronic hero as a manifestation for negative romanticism. This poem is based on the Greek

Love is another obvious theme seen throughout this poem. Although the word love is never once used he gives the reader a sense of deep commitment with his use of other words like “half broken hearted” or “thy vows are all broken” (Byron, 66). He makes his love for her seem to linger or end abruptly that’s why he still can’t hear her name without grief or shame. The fact that he never told his peers about his affair “they knew not I knew thee” (Byron, 66) shows the speaker knew it was wrong and is recognizing how shameful his actions were as well as his relationship with this lady. Love is the primary focus of this poem, even if it was lost. There was a love there that impacted him then, and as he wrote this poem. Byron’s strong grammatical emphasis help the audience understand his intended meaning by evoking thought. For example, he exaggerates “a shudder comes o’er me why weren’t thou so dear” (Byron, 66). Causing the audience to wonder why the common word over was neglected. The speaker also gains empathy from the reader, by writing about obstacles everyone deals with at one point or another.

The works of George Gordon, Lord Byron have long been controversial, nearly as controversial as his lifestyle. Gordon Byron was born with a clubfoot and his sensitivity to it haunted his life and his works. Despite being a very handsome child, a fragile self-esteem made Byron extremely sensitive to criticism, of himself or of his poetry and he tended to make enemies rather quickly. The young Byron was often unhappy and lonely any many of his works seem to be a sort of introspective therapy. Throughout his writings and life history there is much evidence to suggest that his poetry was greatly influenced by his mental instability. In many ways, Byron seems to use his work as an escape from a difficult reality.

George Gordon Byron is probably one of the best known English romantic poets. Although Byron’s poetry was prominent urging the era he was writing, it was also often considered as immoral. Lord Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty” is “regarded as one of his loveliest short lyric poems”; his use of imagery, symbolism, and rhyme scheme allows the reader to experience the perfection of love.

Moving from Age of Reason to the Romantics period a lot changed about the author’s works in literature. Those poets who belong to the Age of Reason roughly 1700 and those many famous poets before them all wrote different types of poetry. Throughout decades of this country there have been many different changes to poetry: it has evolved in each country meaning it evolved plenty around the world. Poets like William Wordsworth, William Blake and Lord Byron coming from the old part of the romantics and the new part of the romantic period where poets of this time wanted to make poetry easier to read and understand, but have deeper meaning besides the obvious. A poet mentioned from this time period, Lord Byron was very focused on this type of poetry becoming one of the most famous and most important poets of in our history. A poem that is very popular and important was known as She Walks in Beauty. This poem goes from simple to complex giving out many messages within the poem in different stages of Byron’s life. However, in the poem titled She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron, Byron conveys three important ideas; the appearance of the lady, differentiating from opening lines to closing lines, and emphasizes the spiritual aspect of the lady.

The Romantic Period centered on creative imagination, nature, mythology, symbolism, feelings and intuition, freedom from laws, impulsiveness, simplistic language, personal experiences, democracy, and liberty, significant in various art forms including poetry. The development of the self and self-awareness became a major theme as the Romantic Period was seen as an unpredictable release of artistic energy, new found confidence, and creative power found in the writings of the Romantic poets Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Shelley, who made a substantial impact on the world of poetry. Two of the Romantic poets, William Blake, and Percy Bysshe Shelley rebelled against convention and authority in search of personal, political and artistic freedom. Blake and Shelley attempted to liberate the subjugated people through the contrary state of human existence prevalent throughout their writings, including Blake’s “The Chimney Sweepers,” from “Songs of Innocence”, “London,” from “Songs of Experience” and Shelley’s A Song: “Men of England.”

Born in 1788, George Gordon Byron, commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and one of the most famous poets of the romantic era. Romanticism was one of the most influential poetic movements in which brought Lord Byron into the literary forefront. Although he has many famous literary works, She Walks in Beauty is one of his most favourable poems. The poem was inspired by a woman wearing a mourningful dress whilst at a ball. Love is the overarching theme, focusing mainly on captivating love. This is seen by the overwhelming sense of his attention that is captivated by her and the fact that the woman seems unobtainable. Through his work, Lord Byron captured the reader's attention through the way he used literary devices and the way he represented different gender representations through the nature of love.

The protagonist, David Lurie, a university professor, is extremely interested in Lord Byron, a poet known for his licentious lifestyle. A Byronic hero is arrogant, intelligent, emotional, morally and characteristically flawed and often sexually irresistible to women. Lurie possesses many of these qualities. From the first page it is noticeable as the narrator begins to describe Lurie’s thoughts. He

If you want an inside glimpse into the man that Lord Byron was, all you need to do is pick up some of his prose. In any of his pieces, there’s a raw sense of emotion and vulnerability that no other Romantic shows. William Blake wrote of nature and religion. William Wordsworth wrote of the beauty of nature and how it made him feel in hindsight. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote of the supernatural and a sense of peace that eventually fades away. All of those Romantic poets used a piece of their life in their works, whether large or small, but not to the extent that Lord Byron did. The way that Byron pours his personal life into the prose without overtly putting himself in there, putting in emotion and internal dialogue without being too

One of his most beloved essays to readers and writers alike, “The Poet” offers numerous insights that clearly had incalculable impact on American Romanticism (Baym 1177).

The major writers in Romanticism are Percy Shelly, Lord Byron, John Keats, William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I will be examining two second generation Romantic poets Lord Byron, Percy Shelly, I have chosen to examine the poems; She walks in beauty, and A Lament based on the ideas most valued by Romantic poets; Love and beauty, and youth and inevitable death.