The Life and Work of Lord Byron

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It seemed that throughout Lord Byron’s life and poetic career, he was someone that people either loved or hated. There was no doubt about his poetic genius and talent as he was one the most famous poets of his time and later considered the greatest talent of the century. But his erratic and flamboyant lifestyle got him in trouble from time to time and made some people view him as immoral and someone who went against God’s divine path.

In the beginning of his career, the critics didn’t like him. His first collection of poetry, Hours of Idleness, received bad reviews. He responded by publishing his satire, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. Then during a stint of touring he wrote poems for Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, which everyone loved and it established Lord Byron as one of the legit poets in England.

After Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, he was one of the most famous poets in England. He was very popular, but also very controversial. Most people did not have anything bad to say about his poetry, but his extravagant lifestyle got him a bad rap with many people and critics, as well as land in debt. But because his poetry was so good, it got brought him wealth which would he was able to live off for the majority of his life.

As far as people today, he is not as well known because poetry isn’t what it used to be popularity wise. You probably wouldn’t know about him unless you were a big fan of poetry or lived in Europe. It seems everybody who knows about him have their own opinions of him these days. He isn’t overwhelmingly liked or disliked, he’s a source of ongoing interpretation and reassessment.

It seemed that, love him or hate him, everybody knew about him while he was alive,. His poetry was extremely popular at the time, and everybody seemed to really enjoy it because it had more than one meaning most of the time. It could effect every reader in a different way which made it really easy to relate to. Most of his poetry touched on the clash between the individual vs. the society. His most popular books were Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Don Juan, and Fugitive Pieces.

His greatest achievements while he was alive was at first the English Bards and Scotch Reviewers satire. Then Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage was huge and really put him on the map. And then came Don Juan, which many people today regard as his masterpiece. After he died he had statues erected in his honor, as well as being granted a place in the poet’s corner in the Westminster Abby. And at the end of the century he was considered The Greatest Talent of the Century.

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It seemed that throughout Lord Byron’s life and poetic career, he was someone that people either loved or hated. There was no doubt about his poetic genius and talent as he was one the most famous poets of his time and later considered the greatest talent of the century. But his erratic and flamboyant lifestyle got him in trouble from time to time and made some people view him as immoral and someone who went against God’s divine path.

In the beginning of his career, the critics didn’t like him. His first collection of poetry, Hours of Idleness, received bad reviews. He responded by publishing his satire, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. Then during a stint of touring he wrote poems for Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, which everyone loved and it established Lord Byron as one of the legit poets in England.

After Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, he was one of the most famous poets in England. He was very popular, but also very controversial. Most people did not have anything bad to say about his poetry, but his extravagant lifestyle got him a bad rap with many people and critics, as well as land in debt. But because his poetry was so good, it got brought him wealth which would he was able to live off for the majority of his life.

As far as people today, he is not as well known because poetry isn’t what it used to be popularity wise. You probably wouldn’t know about him unless you were a big fan of poetry or lived in Europe. It seems everybody who knows about him have their own opinions of him these days. He isn’t overwhelmingly liked or disliked, he’s a source of ongoing interpretation and reassessment.

It seemed that, love him or hate him, everybody knew about him while he was alive,. His poetry was extremely popular at the time, and everybody seemed to really enjoy it because it had more than one meaning most of the time. It could effect every reader in a different way which made it really easy to relate to. Most of his poetry touched on the clash between the individual vs. the society. His most popular books were Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Don Juan, and Fugitive Pieces.

His greatest achievements while he was alive was at first the English Bards and Scotch Reviewers satire. Then Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage was huge and really put him on the map. And then came Don Juan, which many people today regard as his masterpiece. After he died he had statues erected in his honor, as well as being granted a place in the poet’s corner in the Westminster Abby. And at the end of the century he was considered The Greatest Talent of the Century.