As a successful poet of his day, Byron established a proud, passionate, and rebellious image supported by painful and mysterious experiences of his personal life (Safier 527). ... He was not only an English Romantic poet but also presented historical tragedy, romantic narrative, ode and especially epic satire to Romanticism. ... Like other romantic poets, Byron often used highly structured and rigid traditional forms to craft his poems (Knight 208). ... Thus, he became the voice of many poets. ... An unfavorable review of Hours of Idleness urged Byron to write English Bards, and Scotch Re...

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In Earl Wasserman's work, "Shelley's Prometheus Unbound: A Critical Reading," written in 1965, Wasserman writes, "During the summer in which Shelley began writing Frankenstein, Byron composed his poem "Prometheus," a celebration of the god's defiance of Jupiter which emphasizes Prometheus" unyielding will, noble suffering, and concern for mankind" (71). In England, Mary Shelley met another poet who became a close friend of both Byron and the Shelley's, Leigh Hunt, who intensified the connection of the Romantic poets with the Promethean myth. ... Many critics feel that it ...

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He also felt that an act of faith was analogous to an act of a poet because both bring entire soul of man into realm of activity (Barth, Symbolic, 12-13). ... It was praised by Lord Byron, however, and actually defended by Coleridge's good friend Morgan, "It is not on the story itself but on the management and arrangement of it. It is by the fitness of the manners, the death of the passions, the definiteness and consistency of the characters, the beauty and liveliness of the descriptions, and the force and truth of moral sentiments that the true poet is known. ...

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By being an author, publisher, and lover of books, Friedrich Schumann influenced his child's younger years; Robert spent much of his time reading books such as the Greek classics, the imaginary Romantic tales of Byron and Sir Walkter Scott, as well as other Romantic literature and poetry. ... He wished to become a poet saying, "I possess imagination, but I am not a profound thinker."" He later added, "The strange thing is that where my feelings make themselves most strongly felt I am forced to cease being a poet; at such times I can never arrive at adequate ideas."" ...

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By being an author, publisher, and lover of books, Friedrich Schumann influenced his child's younger years; Robert spent much of his time reading books such as the Greek classics, the imaginary Romantic tales of Byron and Sir Walkter Scott, as well as other Romantic literature and poetry. ... He wished to become a poet saying, "I possess imagination, but I am not a profound thinker."" He later added, "The strange thing is that where my feelings make themselves most strongly felt I am forced to cease being a poet; at such times I can never arrive at adequate ideas."" ...

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