The Lyric Poetry of Byron (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Gordon
- First Published: 1807
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Love or romance, Friendship, Beauty, Emotions, Nostalgia
Critical Evaluation:
Byron’s lyric poems are uneven in subject matter and execution, a quality accounted for, perhaps, by their intensely personal nature and by the fact that in some instances they look back toward the eighteenth century, in others toward the nineteenth. At their best they exhibit depth of feeling, simplicity of structure, and quality of style; at their worst they are squibs and occasional pieces which bite and sting but accomplish little.
The first volume of his lyric poems received greater attention than it deserved. Published originally as...
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