innumerable digressions which express his opinions on different political,social and cultural problems.But these digressions often spoil the coherence and unity of his poems. 10: They attract less interest from the later generation than from his contemporaries. Scattered through his works one finds magnificent descriptions ofnatural scenery and exquisite lyrics of love and despair.The wonderful beauty of nature,the spontaneous outflow of youthful enthusiasm,the gloomy mood of melancholy,which are established aspects of Romanticism at the beginning of the 19th century,are all there in his poetry. On the other hand,Byron was also deeply influenced by the artificial standards of the ancients,especially Pope and his school.He never believed himself to break away from tradition,and his lucid perfection of form is akin to the Classical ideal. Byron's poetic style is loose,fluent,and vivid.Ease and raciness are always characteristic of him.He is the master of cutting wit and biting repartee,and superior in imagery and diction.Sometimes his poems are too oratorical to be truly poetic,and they are often mixed with bombast and rhetoric. His cynicism and pessimism,his excessive individualism,and innumerable digressions which express his opinions on different political, social and cultural problems. But these digressions often spoil the coherence and unity of his poems. They attract less interest from the later generation than from his contemporaries. Scattered through his works one finds magnificent descriptions of natural scenery and exquisite lyrics of love and despair. The wonderful beauty of nature, the spontaneous outflow of youthful enthusiasm, the gloomy mood of melancholy, which are established aspects of Romanticism at the beginning of the 19th century, are all there in his poetry. On the other hand, Byron was also deeply influenced by the artificial standards of the ancients, especially Pope and his school. He never believed himself to break away from tradition, and his lucid perfection of form is akin to the Classical ideal. Byron’s poetic style is loose, fluent, and vivid. Ease and raciness are always characteristic of him. He is the master of cutting wit and biting repartee, and superior in imagery and diction. Sometimes his poems are too oratorical to be truly poetic, and they are often mixed with bombast and rhetoric. His cynicism and pessimism, his excessive individualism, and 10’