9. Why is his life, as well as his work, typical of the extreme tendency of the Romantic Period? 10. Read Hunt's account of Byron. VII, 217 ff. STYLE AND WORKS 1. Give Matthew Arnold's estimate of Byron. I, 190. 2. Was he as fully equipped as Tennyson for the position of the supreme modern poet? I, 191. 3. Does Chesterton's estimate of Byron coincide with that of Arnold? III, 267. 4. As to Goethe's views of Byron's pictorial powers, see IV, 388. 5. In his choice of themes, did he favor cheerful subjects? IV, 388. 6. Was Byron's early death a real loss to literature? IV, 399. 7. Why were Byron's tragedies his least successful performances? VIII, 357. 8. Is his fame destined to endure? I, 181. 9. Why did Byron fail, while Spenser succeeded, in applying the spirit of his age to English literature? I, 180. 10. What characteristics of Romanticism appear in his work? Contrast it with that of Pope and Goldsmith. Compare it with Burns. FROM "CHILDE HAROLD" 1. The selections from "Childe Harold" represent Byron at his best in spirit and in style. 2. "Greece"; why does Byron use the phrase, "sad relic of departed worth"? 3. "Waterloo"; show how the poet by skilful changes in wording, as well as in choice of expressions, works steadily to the climax of the last line. Note the breaks and varied measure of the metrical rhythm. 4. Contrast the feeling in "Venice" and in "Rome"; in which is it more melancholy; more profound; more sentimental; more forceful? Why? 5. Which impresses you more, "The Dying Gladiator" or "Laocoon and Apollo"? Which of these pieces of statuary do you think Byron was most affected by? Why? 6. "Solitude" and "The Ocean" are famous examples of the Byronic attitude toward nature. Is this the same as Wordsworth's or Shelley's, apart from the difference in their styles? 7. Does Byron ever leave his own emotions and personality out of his work? Compare him in this respect with Goldsmith, Gray, Bryant, Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Longfellow. Write down the dates of their births and draw conclusions. FOR REFERENCE "Famous English Authors."--BOLTON. "Recollections of a Long Life."--BROUGHTON. "The Love Affairs of Lord Byron."--GRIBBLE. "Byron."--MAYNE. "With Byron in Italy."--MCMAHAN. "Essays in Criticism."--ARNOLD. "Byron and Byronism in America."--LEONARD. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822) Shelley was from his earliest youth equally distinguished by poetic gifts of the highest order and by a reckless and ungovernable disposition. After thorough preliminary education, he was sent to Oxford, where he displayed rare literary talent, but from which he was expelled for publishing a tract on "The Necessity of Atheism."