2577English LiteratureMedium
Who after the publication of a poem, awoke and found himself famous?
AKeats
BLord Byron
CWordsworth
DShelley
Correct answer
B. Lord Byron
Explanation
The famous quote, “I awoke one morning and found myself famous,” is attributed to Lord George Gordon Byron. This remark came after the immediate success of his poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812), which sold out its first printing in just three days. The poem catapulted Byron to literary fame and established him as one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement.