Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is a long poem about a traveling young man who journeys across the world to combat his disillusionment with his own society. Since the title character is a childe, it means he was a noble who forgoes his destiny back homeMoreChilde Harold’s Pilgrimage is a long poem about a traveling young man who journeys across the world to combat his disillusionment with his own society.
Since the title character is a childe, it means he was a noble who forgoes his destiny back home for the exciting unknown. Its also eerily similar to Lord Byrons own life story, of a man who traveled across Europe to take part in other nations wars.