1. Don Juan

3. Lord Byron Born George Gordon Byron 22 January 1788(1788-01-22) London , England Died 19 April 1824 (aged 36) Messolonghi , Aetolia-Acarnania , Greece Occupation Poet, politician Nationality English Ethnicity English Literary movement Romanticism Notable Works(s) Don Juan , Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Children Ada Lovelace, Allegra Byron

10. Don Juan offers biting commentary on war, religion, restraints on personal liberty and freedom of speech, and injustices rendered upon society's weakest inhabitants. The poem is in eight line iambic pentameter ( Iambic pentameter is one of many meters used in poetry and drama. It describes a particular rhythm that the words establish in each line) with the rhyme scheme ab ab ab cc – Often the last rhyming couplet is used for a humor comic line or humorous bathos (refers to the expression of humor in a phrase) There are mostly 10 syllables per line. The rhyme scheme of each stanza is known as ottava rima ( Ottava rima is a rhyming stanza form of Italian origin. Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it later came to be popular in the writing of heroic works)