ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hebrew Melodies is a collection of 30 poems by Lord Byron. They were largely created by Byron to accompany music composed by Isaac Nathan, who played the poet melodies which he claimed (incorrectly) dated back to the service of the Temple in Jerusalem.

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 wrote prolifically and actually republished poems under different names. As such, if one counts only the titles of his poems, Byron wrote some 408 poems.

Detailed explanation-4: -The short version is that he incorporates different writing styles including satire, neoclassicism, and romanticism, which has shaped his career as a writer. He was also heavily influenced by Greece culture, which is reflected in his poem ‘Childe Harold’.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lord Byron uses the theme of life and death frequently in many of his poems to show the importance of these themes in the Romantic Era. The meaning of life in Byron’s work is based on how he views his own life, and depicts it as light.