George Gordon Byron - My Favorite Romantic Poet

George Gordon Byron was born in London, on January 22, 1788 in an ancient but rather poor aristocratic family. At the age of eleven he inherited the title and estates of his great - uncle. Byron was educated at Harrow and then at Cambridge. When still an undergraduate he published a little volume of verse entitled "Hours of Idleness." In 1813 - 1816 Byron published several romantic poems, the so-called oriental cycle. It included such poems "The Giaour", "The Corsair", "Lara", "The Siege of Corinth" and "Parasina."
<Tab/>In 1815Byron married, but his marriage was unhappy.…