Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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narrative poem poem

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem by Lord Byron that helped establish his fame and popularized the brooding, romantic "Byronic hero" in early 19th-century literature.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Byron's Grand Tour of Europe 1
Childe Harold 1
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto I 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Lord Byron ⓘ
basedOn Childe Harold's Pilgrimage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Byron's Grand Tour of Europe

Byron's travels in the Mediterranean ⓘ
cantosIIIAndIVPublished 1816 ⓘ
1818 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception immediate popular success ⓘ
firstCantoSetting Portugal and Spain ⓘ
firstEditionPrintRun 500 copies ⓘ
firstTwoCantosPublished 1812 ⓘ
form Spenserian stanza ⓘ
fourthCantoSetting Italy ⓘ
genre romantic poetry ⓘ
influenced 19th-century Romantic literature ⓘ
concept of the Byronic hero ⓘ
inLiteraryCanon key text of English Romantic poetry ⓘ
major work of Lord Byron ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
mainCharacter Childe Harold's Pilgrimage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Childe Harold
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
notableCharacterType melancholic aristocrat ⓘ
notableQuote I awoke one morning and found myself famous ⓘ
numberOfCantos 4 ⓘ
protagonistType Byronic hero ⓘ
publicationYear 1812 ⓘ
1818 ⓘ
publisher John Murray ⓘ
rhymeScheme ababbcbcc ⓘ
secondCantoSetting Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Aegean and eastern Mediterranean
setting Albania ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
theme exile ⓘ
historical reflection ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ
nature ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
world-weariness ⓘ
thirdCantoSetting Switzerland ⓘ
writer Lord Byron ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage → basedOn → Childe Harold's Pilgrimage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byron's Grand Tour of Europe
Romanticism → hasKeyConcept → Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Byronic hero
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage → mainCharacter → Childe Harold's Pilgrimage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Childe Harold
Lord Byron → notableWork → Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ⓘ
The Giaour → precededBy → Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto I
The Giaour → precededBy → Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto II
Lord Byron → signatureWork → Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ⓘ
Spenserian stanza → usedInWork → Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ⓘ