During the lives of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, their poetry was considered to be the epitome of the day. Both were prolific writers even before their marriage. Robert Browning wrote hundreds of poems, dozens of plays and hundreds of letters to his wife and friends. Elizabeth Barrett Browning published over a dozen volumes of […]
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…at last I knew Porphyria worshipp’d me; surprise Made my heart swell, and still it grew While I debated what to do. That moment she was mine, mine, fair, Perfectly pure and good: I found A thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow string I wound Three times her little throat […]
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“The Dead” by James Joyce is set in the early 20th century in Ireland at Christmas time and, most importantly, at Epiphany. A venerable image is brought to the reader, who sees Aunt Michael Furey’s house and her grave clearly (perhaps more clearly than Gabriel can be seen), and perhaps most importantly, the snow on […]
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God could not be everywhere, and he made mothers. — A Jewish proverb “Heaven at the feet of the mother.” — Arabic Proverb His sons arose, and preached the most blessed. Bible “Most of all other beautiful things come in twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and […]
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“My Last Duchess” is not an easy song to understand. This is partly because it was written in the 16th century, but mainly because Browning intentionally makes the speaker cryptic. To better understand what is going on in the poem, look at the summary and notes on the form and tone of the poem. Summary: […]
In the Poem My Last Duchess by Robert Browning the heartless and haughty speaker explains a painting of his last wife while inadvertently revealing a darker side to his last marriage than one might view from they outside. The poem depicts a dense stream of conscious feel to it by using language and sentence structure […]
“O never star” a poem of hope Robert Browning lived in a time of great poets. He was a poet since childhood and studied at home, speaking four languages by twelve years of age. Later in life, he married the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning and encouraged her to publish her now famous love sonnets. He […]