Possible Clues:

• Like moody Romantic heroes, as first described in the works of a British lord
• Passionate sort of behaviour by boy in charge
• Like some moody, mysterious heroes
• Romantically dark, cruel irony in ancient times
• Passionate and romantic, like English poet Lord
• Of a British poet's broadcast in Corby
• The second letter sounds ironic - or poetic
• Poet's past cretinous doctor overlooked
• Romantic and melancholy, in poetry
• Poetical version in Corby