Byron's love poems, analysis

1. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, George Gordon Noel, FRS, Lord Byron
1788-1824

2.  George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, George Gordon Noel, FRS, Lord Byron
1788-1824

3. Among Byron’s best-known works
are:
“She Walks in Beauty”,
“When e Two Parted”,
“So, We’ll Go No More a Roving”,
“Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”
“Don Juan”.

4. mad, bad and dangerous to
know

5. BYRONIC HERO
John Milton Charlotte Emily Bronte

6. BYRONIC HERO
• Great talent
• Great passion
• A distaste for society and social institutions
• A lack of respect for rank and privilege
• Rebellion
• Exile
• With a secret past
• Arrogance
• Overconfidence or lack of foresight

7. Byromania

8. Poetry of
• Lament
• Mourning
• Regret
• Farewell
• Mistrust
• Warning
• Hatred
• Gratitude
• Reproof
• Bitterness

9. Poetry of
• Lament
• Mourning
• Regret
• Farewell
• Mistrust
• Warning
• Hatred
• Gratitude
• Reproof
• Bitterness
Hardly ever…
LOV
E

10. She walks in Beauty
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

11. She walks in Beauty
Mrs. Anne Beatrix Wilmont
It is said to have been inspired by an event in
Byron's life. On 11 June 1814, Byron attended a
party in London. Among the guests was Mrs.
Anne Beatrix Wilmot, wife of Byron's first cousin,
Sir Robert Wilmot. He was struck by her unusual
beauty, and the next morning the poem was
written

12. She walks in Beauty
Themes:
• Beauty and Harmony
• Contrast between light and darkness
Motifs:
• Light and darkness
• Nature Imagery
Meter:
Iambic tetrameter
Mood:
• Admiration
• Beauty
• Serenity

13. Stanzas for Music
There be none of Beauty's daughters
With a magic like thee;
And like music on the waters
Is thy sweet voice to me:
When, as if its sound were causing
The charmed ocean's pausing,
The waves lie still and gleaming,
And the lull'd winds seem dreaming:
And the midnight moon is weaving
Her bright chain o'er the deep;
Whose breast is gently heaving,
As an infant's asleep:
So the spirit bows before thee,
To listen and adore thee;
With a full but soft emotion,
Like the swell of Summer's ocean.

14. Augusta Leigh
It is said this touching poem is written
to Byron's half-sister Augusta Lee,
with whom he was almost certainly
having an affair.
Stanzas for Music

15. Themes:
• Beauty
• Nature
Motifs:
• Music
• Water Imagery
Meter:
Iambic tetrameter
Mood:
• Admiration
• Enchantment
• Romantic longing
Stanzas for Music

16. So We’ll Go No More a Roving
So, we'll go no more a roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we'll go no more a roving
By the light of the moon.

17. Themes:
• Transience of Life
• Regret and Reflection
• Acceptance of Change
Motifs:
• Night and darkness
• Wine and Revelry
Meter:
Iambic tetrameter
So We’ll Go No More a Roving

18. There are four questions of value in
life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of
what is the spirit made? What is worth
living for and what is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same.

19. There are four questions of value in
life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of
what is the spirit made? What is worth
living for and what is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same.
Only Love

20. Thank You!