ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -His view and philosophy of life have distinguished him very remarkably. Besides, his rebellious spirit has given a new dimension to him and distinguished him among the romantic poets in English Literature.

Detailed explanation-4: -While most professors and critics place John Keats in the same category of poets as Romantics like Lord Byron, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, nothing could be further from the truth.