Critics on Lord Byron
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Many critics disapprove of Lord Byron. T.S. Eliot said "Of Byron one can say, as of no other English poet of his eminence, that he added nothing to the language, that he discovered nothing in the sounds, and developed nothing in the meaning, of individual words. I cannot think of any other poet of his distinction who might so easily have been an accomplished foreigner writing in English" (2020site.org). Many other critics, though, say that Byron did some interesting things in his stories, especially Don Juan. Critics have remarked on Byron's pronunciation of certain words, his expression of his views on England through his works, and even his thoughts on religion.
In Don Juan, Byron purposefully pronounces words differently. The most obvious is the pronunciation of Juan...