ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -For him Nature is a refuge, a place of shelter, where he can hide himself from the weariness, the fever and fret of the world. Byron’s attitude towards nature was not of a country man but of a town man. He appreciated the beauties of nature from the stand point of a man who was disgusted of the humdrum life of critics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lord Byron was a British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. Although made famous by the autobiographical poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–18)-and his many love affairs-he is perhaps better known today for the satiric realism of Don Juan (1819–24).

Detailed explanation-3: -Byron as a Romantic poet was engaged with the materialism of life as well as the interior exploration of poet’s own feelings or subjectivity. He was materialistic in a way that he is geographical, social and political centered poet who transcends these materialism into his own poetic experiences.

Detailed explanation-4: -For him, nature is a guide and a healer; he believed that the love of nature would lead to the harmony of humanity. Second, Byron treat nature like a friend. He did not worship them like Wordsworth as, apart from the beauty, he also saw a gothic and destructive side of nature.