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Don Juan. Don Juan (1819) First Ed. In English literature, Don Juan, written from 1819 to 1824 by the English poet Lord Byron, is a satirical, epic poem that portrays the Spanish folk legend of Don Juan, not as a womaniser as historically portrayed, but as a victim easily seduced by women. [1] As genre literature, Don Juan is an epic poem ...
- Lord Byron
- 1819
- When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter," And proved it—'twas no matter what he said: They say his system 'tis in vain to batter, Too subtle for the airiest human head;
- What a sublime discovery 'twas to make the. Universe universal egotism, That all's ideal—all ourselves: I'll stake the. World (be it what you will) that that's no schism.
- For ever and anon comes Indigestion. (Not the most "dainty Ariel") and perplexes. Our soarings with another sort of question: And that which after all my spirit vexes,
- If it be chance—or, if it be according. To the Old Text, still better: lest it should. Turn out so, we'll say nothing 'gainst the wording, As several people think such hazards rude.
- Bob Southey! You're a poet—Poet-laureate, And representative of all the race; Although 'tis true that you turn'd out a Tory at. Last—yours has lately been a common case;
- "Which pye being open'd they began to sing" (This old song and new simile holds good), "A dainty dish to set before the King," Or Regent, who admires such kind of food;
- You, Bob! are rather insolent, you know, At being disappointed in your wish. To supersede all warblers here below, And be the only Blackbird in the dish;
- And Wordsworth, in a rather long "Excursion" (I think the quarto holds five hundred pages), Has given a sample from the vasty version. Of his new system to perplex the sages;
Poem Don Juan Canto 01 Part I by Lord Byron : I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloyin
Poem Summary. Don Juan was born in Seville, Spain, the son of Don José, a member of the nobility, and Donna Inez, a woman of considerable learning. Juan's parents did not get along well with each other because Don José was interested in women rather than in knowledge and was unfaithful to Donna Inez. Donna Inez was on the point of suing her ...
Other articles where Don Juan is discussed: Lord Byron: Life and career: …would write his greatest poem, Don Juan, a satire in the form of a picaresque verse tale. The first two cantos of Don Juan were begun in 1818 and published in July 1819. Byron transformed the legendary libertine Don Juan into an unsophisticated, innocent young man who, though he delightedly…
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In English literature, Don Juan, written from 1819 to 1824 by the English poet Lord Byron, is a satirical, epic poem that portrays the Spanish folk legend of Don Juan, not as a womaniser as historically portrayed, but as a victim easily seduced by women. As genre literature, Don Juan is an epic poem, written in ottava rima and presented in 16 cantos. Lord Byron derived the character of Don ...
