Lord Byron Romanticism in His Work and His Style of Writing

The one thing that almost all literary works ever written have in common is the portrayal of some kind of theme. Most all authors, whether you expect them to or not, try to covey one or more ideas about life to their readers. Some authors have very broad general themes, and leave it up to the reader to infer an exact meaning and apply them to their own life. Other authors, like most Romantic Age poets, have a specific idea about life or nature that they want the reader see in their work. Lord Byron is one such poet, and this paper will address three of his major works: “When We Two Parted”, “She Walks in Beauty”, and “So, We'll Go No More A-Roving”. This paper will dissect each poem, piece by piece, to discover elements of theme. It wills also covey the large role that poetic devices have in exposing theme in romantic poetry. Poetic devices are important tools that romantic poets use wisely, carefully, and appropriately. In Byron's poem “When We Two Parted,” the theme is that, it can difficult to find out a startling and unexpected secret about a close person or loved one. This poem is a lyric, which means it is about a personal topic or expresses the poet's emotions.

He was very sexually active; he attracted many young girls and women because of his good looks. He inherited his father's property at a young age. Byron would write about society most of the time, especially about his feelings on sexuality, women, and society in general. However, he also talked about nature, for he is one of the best that puts him in the list among the great poets of the Romantic era. Byron not only spends his time writing how he felt, he let the action speak his emotions for it. One such example is when he volunteered as a soldier to help fight Greece's independence from Turkey. He was caught by an illness and died. However, Byron never had an immature image even though he made some wrong choices in life. Byron loved life in his own definitions. Byron's poetry is about society and nature. However, he has a talent of combining both of those elements to create an exquisite work of art (Grosskurth, 47).

Byronic Hero is described in poetry when Byron tries to present the downfall or the character" lowest point in his life. " He describes the beautiful Spanish girl being more appealing and heart-throbbing than the English girls back home. Byron does not even seek to find beauty, for he sees it at first sight in "She walks in beauty. We can sometimes relate to him, for we make mistakes too. The tones are usually joyous and high-spirited. These types of poems are high-spirited and joyous. One such example is "So we will go no more a-roving. This is evident in the poem "The Girl of Cadiz. Byron nevertheless is a ...