- Per. 6: Leeza, please export the iBook to a .ibooks file and email to me and thomaswhite@mvcs.org.
- No Class On Block Day This Week
- Aren't you glad you're not a Mariner? I'd rather be a plane...horse...person.
- Add to your journal:
- Does the Bible ever say that wisdom and sadness may go together? Or not go together? Find one verse, passage, or story that supports the idea of wisdom and sadness naturally going together or not naturally going together.
- Why do you think that sad or tragic things often seem more wise and mature than comic things? Have you ever found tragic and comic effect reversed (where the comedy seems deeper than some tragedy)? Explain.
- Take Some Basic Notes on Byron here (and below)
- Years
- Troubles
- Death
- Read at least three of the following poems
- Journal: Bryon: What makes Byron Romantic, and how does his style and sense seem to differ from Coleridge's?
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| George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824, or 36) |
From Poet's Graves:
In 1816 Byron was forced to leave England for good due to his scandalous lifestyle. He had several affairs, including one with his half-sister Augusta Leigh who gave birth to his daughter and one with Lady Caroline Lamb who famously referred to him as: 'Bad, mad and dangerous to know.'
Byron died at Missolonghi in Greece in 1824 while helping the Greeks in their struggle for independence from Turkey. However, he did not die in battle but as a result of a fever he contracted after going for a ride in a rainstorm.
Byron's body was brought back to England but he was refused burial in Westminster Abbey. Instead his body was laid in the family vault in Nottinghamshire. Many thousands of people turned out to pay their respects during the funeral procession which itself, extended for a quarter of a mile.
For more on Byron: George Gordon: Lord Byron
Poems for tomorrow:
HW: Take Notes on Byron's Life
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