Context/Abt the Poet

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  • Lord Byron was a Romantic Poet
  • Written by Lord Byron
  • Lord Byron supported the French Revolution
  • Lord Byron became a national hero in Greece after supporting the Greeks in their war for independence
  • Lord Byron was known for being rebellious and travelled with a large menagerie of animals
  • Lord Byron was widely considered to have been the first celebrity figure
  • Lord Byron left England in 1816, following scandal about his alleged affair with his half sister
  • The poem was written during the Napoleonic Wars. The Assyrians may represent Napoleon’s armies. Perhaps Byron is suggesting only a miracle could halt the spread of the French Empire.
  • This is an unusual Romantic poem. This is an oddity of Byrons as he was a free thinker! Byron was a political radical thinker and the government of Britain was at the time quite tyrannical and oppressive, so the significance could be attack at this system.