Byron's illegitimate children include Allegra Byron, who died in childhood, and possibly Elizabeth Medora Leigh. His only legitimate child, Ada Lovelace, is regarded as a foundational figure in the field of computer programming based on her notes for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from a fever contracted after the First and Second Siege of Missolonghi. On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year 04. When a Man Hath No Freedom to Fight for at Home 03. There Is a Pleasure in the Pathless Woods. Written After Swimming from Sestos to Abydos 02. Poems of George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1788-1824. When we look around us, the nature, the sea, the sky high. Byrons poetry often dealt with themes of love, death, and morality. By the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not man the less, but Nature more (Lord Byron). Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire and died of disease leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. Home > By Subject > Poetry > Poems of George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1788-1824. George Gordon Byron, aka Lord Byron, was a British poet and leading figure in Romanticism. During his stay in Italy he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy, where he lived for seven years in the cities of Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular. He is regarded as one of the greatest English poets and remains widely read and influential. Childe is a title from medieval times, designating a young noble who is not yet. Byron gained his first poetic fame with the publication of the first two cantos. Cantos I and II were published in 1812, Canto III in 1816, and Canto IV in 1818. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet, peer and politician who became a revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence, and is considered one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, autobiographical poem in four cantos by George Gordon, Lord Byron.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |