ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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. When the first two cantos were first published they sold out swiftly. Byron declared: ‘I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

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: -As Byron himself observed, he awoke one morning and found himself famous. He was 24 years old and had just published his third book, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, a loosely autobiographical account of the continental tour he made after leaving Cambridge.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Byron, in full George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (born January 22, 1788, London, England-died April 19, 1824, Missolonghi, Greece), British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe.