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29 maj 2017 · Robert Browning (1812-89) was a prolific poet, so whittling down his poetic oeuvre to just ten defining poems is going to prove a challenge. With that in mind, it’s best to view the following list of Browning’s ten best poems as indicative – there are many other classic Robert Browning poems around. Still, these are our particular ...
- Home Thoughts, From Abroad
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Oh, to be in...
- Soliloquy of The Spanish Cloister
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Soliloquy of...
- My Last Duchess
Probably Robert Browning’s most famous (and widely studied)...
- Caliban Upon Setebos
One of the first poems to respond to Charles Darwin’s On the...
- Porphyria’s Lover
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Porphyria’s...
- Home Thoughts, From Abroad
Robert Browning, a prominent figure in Victorian poetry, is known for his dramatic monologues that delve into the complexities of human emotions and relationships.
Although the early part of Robert Browning’s creative life was spent in comparative obscurity, he has come to be regarded as one of the most important English poets of the Victorian period. His dramatic monologues and the psycho-historical epic The Ring and the Book (1868-1869), a novel in verse, have established him as a major figure in the ...
By Robert Browning. The rain set early in to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down for spite, And did its worst to vex the lake: I listened with heart fit to break. When glided in Porphyria; straight. She shut the cold out and the storm, And kneeled and made the cheerless grate.
Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony , characterization , dark humour , social commentary , historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax .
The publication of his long narrative poem, The Ring and the Book, finally brought him popular success. Browning died in 1889 and is buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. Made in 1889, the recording of 'How They Brought The Good News from Aix to Ghent' is the oldest in the Archive.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin. By Robert Browning. Hamelin Town's in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; The river Weser, deep and wide, Washes its wall on the southern side; A pleasanter spot you never spied; But, when begins my ditty,
