Byron Flashcards
(7 cards)
What does so well go no more a roving allude to?
Ballard tradition from Scottish Folk ballad ‘the jolly beggar’ or the ‘maid of Amsterdam’ changes extended narratives and highlights aging and renunciation
Did Byron consider himself a romantic?
No called Wordsworth turnouts and Keats ‘piss a bed poetry’ and likened himself to earlier satirists like Alexander apooe
When was so we’ll go no more a roving published?
1830, six years after Byron’s death by Thomas Moore
Was Byron popular?
He ranked among the most famous people during early 1800s. His wife Annabelle coined the word Byromania to describe the hype that swelled around him
Describe Byron’s life
Scandalous. He was known for love affairs and a volatile personality. He was bisexual and accused of an infectuestous romance with his half sister. One of his lovers Lady Caroline Lamb called him ‘mad bad and dangerous to know’
What was the Byronic hero?
Archetype of proud brooding volatile passionate and rebellious
What was on this day I complete my thirsty sixth year describing?
Byron went to war at age 36 fighting for Green independence (1821-1830) against the Ottomin Empire and died their