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These experiences inspired Byron to write political poems such as Song for the Luddites (1816) and The Landlords' Interest, Canto XIV of The Age of Bronze. [175] Examples of poems in which he attacked his political opponents include Wellington: The Best of the Cut-Throats (1819) and The Intellectual Eunuch Castlereagh (1818). [176]
Byron was a prolific writer, for whom "the composition of his great poem, Don Juan, was coextensive with a major part of his poetical life"; he wrote the first canto while resident in Italy in 1818, and the 17th canto in early 1823. [3] Canto I was written between July and September 1818, and canto II was written from December 1818 to January 1819.
The work's themes and images follow those of a typical poem by Lord Byron: the protagonist is an isolated figure, and brings a strong will to bear against great sufferings. He seeks solace in the beauty of nature (especially in sections ten and thirteen), and is a martyr of sorts to the cause of liberty.
Pages in category "Poetry by Lord Byron" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Beppo (poem)
Mazeppa, by Théodore Géricault, c. 1823, based on Byron's poem.. Mazeppa is a narrative poem written by the English Romantic poet Lord Byron in 1819. It is based on a popular legend about the early life of Ivan Mazepa (1639–1709), who later became Hetman (military leader) of Ukraine.
The Siege of Corinth is a rhymed, tragic narrative poem by Lord Byron.Published in 1816 by John Murray in London with the poem Parisina, it was inspired by the Ottoman massacre of the Venetian garrison holding the Acrocorinth in 1715 – an incident in the Ottoman reconquest of the Morea during the Ottoman-Venetian Wars.
The full title was Hours of Idleness; a Series of Poems Original and Translated, by George Gordon, Lord Byron, a Minor. It consisted of 187 pages with thirty-nine poems. Of these, nineteen came from the original Fugitive Pieces volume, while eight had first appeared in Poems on Various Occasions. Twelve were published for the first time.
The narrative poem recounts the story of the fateful return of Count Lara to his home after spending years abroad traveling the orient.One of Byron's footnotes explains that, even though the name "Lara" is of Spanish origin, "no circumstance of local or national description fix[es] the scene or hero of the poem to any country or age".