Relationships Between Women and Men in Brownings Poems...

Relationships Between Women and Men in Brownings Poems Robert Browning is described as ‘a love poet who was acutely aware of how women and men can be separated by jealousy or the passing of time’. In studying his poetry, what did you notice about the relationships he explores? What is revealed about the time in which Browning was writing? The ‘Love Poet’ Robert Browning was born in London in 1812. In 1846 Browning married the poet Elizabeth Barrett and eloped with her to Italy. After Elizabeth’s death he returned to England and continued to publish a great number of poems and plays. His best poetry was written, however, in the years that he spent in Italy with his wife. He died in 1889. Browning’s time period was a lot†¦show more content†¦Meeting at Night, which dramatizes the excitement and intensity of passion, the feeling of tense anticipation as the poet travels to meet his lover. However, Parting at Morning (the follow-on to Meeting at Night, except the woman/his lover speaks) recognizes the complexities which morning inevitably brings. The last poem I shall study is Two in the Campagna in which Browning shows the sad complications of many relationships, it shows the unawareness of ones love for another. Many of Browning’s poems are ‘dramatic monologues’. My Last Duchess was written in which a single character is speaking to an imaginary listener: ‘Strangers like you that pictured countenance’: Robert Browning never lets on whom his characters talk to. Indeed, the poem provides a classic example of a dramatic monologue: the speaker is clearly distinct from the poet; an audience is suggested but never appears in the poem; and the revelation of the Dukes character is the poems primary aim. Moreover, there are other poems written in which the character talks to him/herself, which is still accounted for as a ‘dramatic monologue’. An example of this is Porphyria’s Lover, as he explains the preservation of Porphyria†¦ ‘I wound three times her little throat around, and strangled her.’ Although he talks in past tense, it is still as if he explains the story as it comes. The effect of which My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s LoverShow MoreRelatedWilliam Browning And Elizabeth Barrett Browning Essay1197 Words   |  5 PagesBrowning, also expose the culture and the condition of the society of the Victorian era through their works. The authors are married couple authors of the Victorian era. Roberts Browning’s a typical literary work is My Last Duchess. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s one of the most famous work is Aurora Leigh. In the two poems, the authors mainly focus on the different gender roles. 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