Poem found here: "The Byronic Method" by Christopher Salerno I don't know if a reader needs to know Lord Byron or the 'Byronic Hero' to relate to contextualize the poem. Rather, I think the poem does the job of garnering interest in someone like me, who fell away from poetry and is somewhat coming back, to look up the terminology. Don Juan, the moody passionate lover. There's an added dimension when looking up the reference. And what does this poem reference to? When reading the first two lines, I'm stationed in the "now" "There is no code or corrective shoe / Only raspberries to cover the tips of my thumbs." When I read the word "code" next to "raspberry" I think of technology, raspberry pi; however, to the context of the lines, this also could refer to Lord Byron as well along with the image of the "corrective shoe" that refers to his club foot. So there's already an intertwining of the liter...
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