George Gordon Byron

George Gordon Byron

London, England
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George Gordon Byron
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

I Speak Not, I Trace Not, I Breathe Not Thy Name Comments

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I speak not, I trace not, I breathe not thy name;
There is grief in the sound, there is guilt in the fame;
But the tear that now burns on my cheek may impart
The deep thoughts that dwell in that silence of heart.
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Sylvia Frances Chan 19 August 2024

This is for no one a life to live, yet he composed his own romantic poems full of melancholy.5 Stars!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 19 August 2024

Imagine that Byron was born in this era, let me write some very important notes about his person: As a boy, young George endured a father who abandoned him, a schizophrenic mother and a nurse who abused him.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 19 August 2024

The poem explores the themes of secrecy, restraint, and the power of unspoken words. It suggests that silence can sometimes be more powerful than speech in conveying deep emotions.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 June 2024

SIX: It's a poignant exploration of love's impact and the pain of separation.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 June 2024

FIVE: convey the intensity of the speaker's emotions and the struggle to articulate their feelings.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 June 2024

FOUR: But the tear that now burns on my cheek may impart the deep thoughts that dwell in that silence of heart

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 June 2024

THREE: The lines "I speak not, I trace not, I breathe not thy name: there is grief in the sound, there is guilt in the fame,

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 June 2024

TWO: Within the Romantic movement, the poem touches on the beauty of nature, the power of emotion, and the inevitability of mortality.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 June 2024

ONE: This poem goes into themes of love and loss. The speaker expresses deep feelings for someone they have lost and reflects on the emotional complexity of that loss.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 27 April 2024

LAST: It reflects the Romantic era's emphasis on emotion and subjectivity, as well as its tendency to idealize love and nature.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 27 April 2024

This poignant poem explores complex emotions surrounding a love that has ended. The language is concise and direct, conveying the speaker's pain and longing.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 27 April 2024

Such powerful words at the start.5 Stars full for this poem

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Jaden H 02 December 2020

I liked the poem but what did it have to do with breathing

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tshielo otsogile 10 September 2018

A masterpiece! Perfect word use and rhythm

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Ruta Mohapatra 09 August 2018

A sing-song composition! Can be set to music! How masterfully he uses words! A great poet!

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M Asim Nehal 20 March 2016

This is fantastic poem, it says so many things about the love, life and the caring nature of a person, I liked the essence and the flow of this poem, thanks for sharing.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 20 March 2016

A passionate love poem full of melancholia and a guilty conscience.

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* Sunprincess * 20 March 2016

......incredible rhythm ★

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Gajanan Mishra 20 March 2016

look of my love, great write..

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Susan Williams 20 March 2016

The worst Woman that ever existed would have made a Man of very passable reputation. They are all better than us—and their faults, such as they are, must originate with ourselves...- Lord Byron. I wonder if he truly believed that or if it was part of his romantic mystique that he devised to be a popular poet. He often appeared in letters and newspapers and gossip from that age as the very prototype for his gloomy Byronic heroes in his poems, always appearing in the shadows, suffering from his tormented soul, a confused, melancholy, and blighted man who needed a woman's love her to resurrect his goodness. Uh-huh.

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George Gordon Byron

George Gordon Byron

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