Describe Byron as a Satirist

Byron as a Satirist:

 

Byron was one of the most vigorous and powerful satirists of England during the nineteenth century. His genius was essentially satirical. In satire Byron found the suitable media for his rebellious and passionate nature and it is in satire which turned more joyously from the early years of his life. He had a great liking for Alexander Pope, the prince of satirists in the 18th century and for Gifford, his successor. He closely imitated their form and style in his satires, and almost, all the satirical works of Byron were written under the influence of Pope, Gifford and Swift.

 

Comment on the Byronic Heroic Elements in 'Don Juan'

Byronic Heroic Elements in 'Don Juan': 

 

Before going to labor our topic it is better to have a sound knowledge about Byronic hero. W. H. Auden analyzed the conception of the Byronic hero as follows: Byron spent his early years in comparative poverty with a mother who alternately hit him and covered him with kisses and a Calvinist nurse who spoke to him of hell-fire and predestined damnation... Unhappiness sharpens a child wits and he soon realized that his parents were violent and odd people, that this ancestors were violent and odd too and that his deformity made him different from other children. Further as usually happens when the parents are separated he idealized the absent one, the father. Out of this background came the Byronic Hero. Father made him passionate, Nancy made him doomed ancestors and the little lame foot made him aristocratic yet the bitter enemy of society.

Note on the Autobiographical Elements in Byron's Poetry

Autobiographical Elements in Byron's Poetry:

 

Byron is pre-eminently the most vital reactionary poet of his age. He is not only sensitive but also sensible. He is dissatisfied with the current social order. So he revolts against the social, political and religious injustice and hypocrisy. The follies and frailties of the society have become a sort of object whom he pricks with the sharp weapon of his satirical disposition. He has experienced his time and life as his hero Don Juan does. Thus his autobiographical elements come abundantly in his poem Don Juan.

 

Lord Byron as a Revolutionary Poet and a Poet of Freedom

Byron as a Revolutionary Poet:

 

Though Byron was not as studious as Shelley, his attitude towards life was very profound and convincing. He was never happy with the going on customs of the society. He wanted to bring about a revolutionary change in the society. This longing for regeneration makes him a great revolutionary poet and lover of man. Byron was one of the proudest revolutionary poets and the poets of freedom and liberty that England has ever produced. He was a born rebel and the fire of liberty and hatred for tyranny burnt furiously in his veins. "Art for Art's Sake", says Courthope, was abhorrent to his genius. He was the Avtar of the revolutionary movement, where every thought was prompted by revolt against the moral postulates of society.

 

Lord Byron's Attitude Towards Nature

Byron and Nature:

To Byron Nature is a great metaphor which has helped him to interpret many of his ideas and feelings. His emotion has been strengthened in association with the phenomena of Nature. It has provided him with a ground on which he has presented his views and ideas of life.