By: Lord Byron
Presented by: Deanne Thomas & Waltdrekia Williams
 George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron commonly known simply as Lord Byron,
was born on January 22,1788 and died on April 19, 1824 at the age of 36. He was
an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's
best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's
Pilgrimage and the short lyric "She Walks in Beauty." He is regarded as one of the
greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential.
 Byron was celebrated in life for aristocratic excesses, including huge debts,
numerous love affairs, rumors of a scandalous incestuous liaison with his half-sister,
and self-imposed exile.
 He travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence,
for which Greeks revere him as a national hero.
 Byron's names were changed throughout his life. He was the son of Captain John
"Mad Jack" Byron and his second wife, the former Catherine Gordon, a descendant
of Cardinal Beaton and heiress of the Gight estate in Aberdeen shire, Scotland. At
the age of 10, he inherited the English Barony of Byron of Rochdale, becoming
"Lord Byron“
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Though it is unfinished, Don Juan is regarded as Byron’s finest
work. A mock epic described by Shelley as “ something wholly new and
relative to the age,” it satirizes the political and social problems of
Byron’s time.
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Traditionally Don Juan, the poem’s hero, is a wicked character
driven by his obsession with beautiful women. In Byron’s work, Don
Juan is an innocent young man whose physical beauty, charm, and
spirit prove to be alluring to ladies. As a result, he find himself in many
difficult situations.
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During periodic pauses in the story, the narrator drifts away
from the subject. In these digressions the narrator comments on the
issues of the time and on life in general. In this excerpt the narrator sets
aside the adventures of his hero and reflect on old age and death
 Don Juan is having an affair with his mother’s married best
friend Donna Julia and her husband discovers the affair and sends
Don Juan to Cabiz as he is going to Cabiz he becomes
shipwrecked and begins to reflect upon his life. At 30 years old,
he wonders what it would be like when he turns 40. He finds
himself thinking about wearing a wig. He thinks he has not
matured even though he wasted a whole summer.
 In his poem, Lord Byron uses the literary devices of rhyme,
and imagery to create a cynical comedic depiction of the world
around him.
 The theme is pity, humor and compassion must counteract
a chaotic and unfair world.
 He uses a more formal language to describe the life of Don
Juan, while he touch on the bases of life, love, and death .
 “The freshness of the heart can fall like dew
Which out of all the lovely things we see
Extracts emotions beautiful and new”
 All things that have been born were born to die,
And flesh( which Death mows down to hay) is grass”
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 In his poem, Lord Byron uses the literary devices of rhyme,
and imagery to create a cynical comedic depiction of the world
around him.