![]() Many scholars believe Byron falsely attributed its writing to 1808 in order to protect the identity of its subject, Lady Frances Wedderburn Webster, who was linked to the Duke of Wellington in a scandalous relationship. “When We Two Parted” (1816) conveys the author’s sorrow at the loss of his beloved. Among Byron’s most famous verse, it is a surprisingly chaste poem from so debaucherous an author. It develops the conceit of a speaker’s awe upon seeing a woman walking in her own aura of beauty. “She Walks in Beauty” was written by Byron about Mrs. And although Bryon was a Romantic poet, much of his poetry follows traditional forms. ![]() His characters and themes are highly autobiographical most every poem by Byron finds as its inspiration some real person or place Byron had encountered. Byron looked upon love as free but unattainable in the ideal, an idea springing from his own multitude of affairs and ultimate lack of happiness in any of them. The poetry of Lord Byron is varied, but it tends to address a few major themes. ![]()
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