ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, autobiographical poem in four cantos by George Gordon, Lord Byron. Cantos I and II were published in 1812, Canto III in 1816, and Canto IV in 1818. Byron gained his first poetic fame with the publication of the first two cantos.

Detailed explanation-2: -The theme of rejection and failure, and the poet’s reactions to these, are a strong theme running through the work: Byron/Harold (the distinction between them is blurred in this canto) leaves England keenly feeling his separation from his muse and daughter.

Detailed explanation-3: -A poem in Spenserian stanzas by Lord Byron (1788-1824), Cantos I and II appeared in 1812, Canto III in 1816 and Canto IV in 1818.

Detailed explanation-4: -There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Detailed explanation-5: -Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage [There is a pleasure in the pathless woods] by George Gordon Byron-Poems | poets.org.