Questions tagged [lord-byron]
Questions about the works of the poet George Noel Gordon, 6th Baron Byron, better known as Lord Byron (1788 – 1824), or his life as a writer.
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Which is right, “ever dreams of” or “dreams of ever”, in Byron’s ‘Don Juan’?
In the first (1821) publication of canto 5 of Byron’s Don Juan, stanza 48 reads:
Some talk of an appeal unto some passion,
Some to men’s feelings, others to their reason;
The last of these was ...
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The prescription in canto 10 of "Don Juan"
In canto 10 of Byron’s Don Juan, the hero “grew sick” and “showed a feverish disposition”, whereupon “his medicines [were] doubled”:
But here is one prescription out of many:
“Sodæ-Sulphat. 3. vi....
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Who is “very fond of bearing false witness” in Byron’s “Don Juan”?
Here’s a stanza from canto I of Byron’s Don Juan, published in 1819. The narrator has been surveying the talents (or lack thereof) of his fellow-poets, and comments:
Thou shalt not covet Mr. Sotheby’...
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In Lord Byron's "Don Juan," what was the lead character "half-smother'd" by?
This would be the character's first adventure. Julia, a married woman, became his mistress. Her husband, Don Alfonso, was told that she was cheating on him and ran into the bedroom, accompanied by ...
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Are Don Juan and Haidée both Greek, as this line in the poem seems to suggest?
Canto II of Don Juan contains the following, which I found absolutely hilarious:
They look upon each other, and their eyes
Gleam in the moonlight; and her white arm clasps
Round Juan’s head, and his ...
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Did Lord Byron fluff his Greek in his poem beginning 'Maid of Athens, ere we part'?
One of Lord Byron's most famous poems appears, in the earliest editions of his works, under the simple title of 'Song', but is now more widely know by its first line, 'Maid of Athens, ere we part'. ...
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What deeds are emblematized by the cypress and myrtle in Byron’s “The Bride of Abydos”?
Byron’s poem The Bride of Abydos (1813) begins:
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle
Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime?
What deeds are these trees emblems of? What myth ...
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Antecedent of a pronoun in Byron's "The Bride of Abydos"
What is the antecedent of the pronoun they in the context below, from Byron's The Bride of Abydos, Canto I, stanza 5?
He is an Arab to my sight, *
Or Christian crouching in the fight. – (145)
But ...
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Meaning of dashes and "no more" in Byron's "The Bride of Abydos"
I came across this verse in Canto I, stanza 5, of Byron's The Bride of Abydos:
That blood – he hath not heard – no more –
Can someone explain the use of the dashes here and the meaning of no more?
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Meaning of "work me more annoy" in Byron's "The Bride of Abydos"
I am reading Byron's The Bride of Abydos and I came across this sentence in Canto I, stanza 5:
'Much I misdoubt this wayward boy
Will one day work me more annoy – (133)
How are we to understand the ...
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Meaning of "let the old and weary sleep" in Byron's "The Bride of Abydos"
I am unsure about the meaning of a passage from Lord Byron's The Bride of Abydos (Canto I, stanza 3).
How are we to understand the sentence between dashes: let the old and weary sleep below?
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Meaning of the word "award" in a stanza of Byron's "The Bride of Abydos"
I am reading a poem by Lord Byron: The Bride of Abydos and I am unsure about the meaning of the word award in Canto I, stanza 3, quoted below. Does it mean a sum of money such as a tip or does it have ...
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Use of 'city' in Byron's poem "Darkness"
In his poem "Darkness", Lord Byron writes:
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The crowd was famish'd by degrees; but two
Of an enormous city did survive,
And they were enemies: they met beside
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Is Byron employing ...
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Apostrophes at the beginning of stanzas in Byron's "The Giaour"
My question is about Byron's The Giaour and the opening apostrophe at the beginning of a stanza. For example:
'His floating robe around him folding,
Slow sweeps he through the columned aisle;
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Why was John Keats called a poet “who was kill’d off by one critique”?
In Canto XI of Lord Byron’s magnificent work Don Juan, romantic poet Keats is mentioned as a poet
who was kill’d off by one critique.
Why he was referred to like that? And which critique was it?
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