6. The hero shows his disgust at the vanity（虚荣） and hypocrisy（虚伪）of English high society. 7. Byron did not finish the poem. He meant to make the hero take part in the French Revolution and die a heroic death.
8. Don Juan is the great poem of the age. Comments on Byron 1. Byron is one of the most excellent representatives of English Romanticism and one of the most influential poets of the time. 2. His literary career was closely linked with the struggle and progressive movements of his age. 3. He opposed oppression and slavery, and has an ardent (passionate) love for liberty. 4 He praised the people’s revolutionary struggles in his works. His poems are favorites of the British workers and the laboring people of other countries. Byron’s poems show energy and vigor, romantic daring (bold, brave) and powerful passion. 7 He stands with Shakespeare and Scott among the British writers who exert the greatest influence over the mainland Europe.
8 But some critics think many of his lines are harsh (unkind), rugged (rough) and not rhythmical.
Some poems show his individual heroism and pessimism. Comments on Shelley 1. Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets, an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language. 2. Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters. 3. He called on the people to overthrow the rule of tyranny and injustice and prophesied（预言）a happy and free life for mankind 4. He stood for this social and political ideal all his life.
5. He and Byron are justifiably (justly, rightly) regarded as the two great poets of the revolutionary romanticism in England. Comments on John Keats’ poetry
1. Keats’ poetry, characterized by exact and closely-knit construction, emotional descriptions, and by force of imagination, gives transcendental values to the physical beauty of the world. 2. His artistic aim is to create a beautiful world of imagination as opposed to the sordid (miserable) reality of his day. He sought to express beauty in all his poems. His leading principle is “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”. 3．Critics agree that Keats is, with Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth,
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one of the indisputably (undeniably) great English poets.
And his mighty poems will no doubt have a lasting place in the history English literature.