Before we begin our analysis, let us first look at some background information about the poem and its author. Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright who lived from 1812 to 1889. He is considered one of the most important poets of the Victorian era, along with Alfred Lord Tennys...
Specifically, Patricia Diane Rigg considers historicity or historical truth in Browning's The Ring and the Book by distinguishing between the processes of representation and re-presentation within the context of Romantic irony.\nIn the framing monologues, the Poet seems to blur the distinction between...
In her book Recollections, Browning describes what poetry means to herself. She explained that it “became a distinct object with me; an object to read, think, and live for” (Preston xii). Browning was described as a strong woman-poet who had little to no training. She came from the ...
Robert Browning: Robert Browning came from an artistic family; his sister was also talented as a writer, though she did not have as many opportunities as Browning did to express them. His wife was a poet, as was their son, Robert Barrett Browning. ...
Browning's use of the famous romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley as an example highlights the importance of youth in the creation of art. Shelley was just 29 when he died, and his works are a testament to the passion and inspiration that youth can bring to the creative process. ...
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Browning employs vivid imagery with the lines “Be our joys three-parts pain! / Strive, and hold cheap the strain; / Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!” The poet advocates for a recalibration of the relationship between joy and pain, suggesting that a life well-...
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This is the material Browning worked on; he makes use of this speech of the king’s, but remodels the lady’s character wholly, and gives her an appreciative lover, and also a keen-eyed young poet to tell her story afresh and to reveal through his criticism the narrowness of the Court...
In 1845, Browning met another poet and his future wife, Elizabeth Barrett. They married and moved to Italy in 1846, where they lived until Elizabeth's death in 1861. Browning returned to London with his son and soon published what is thought to be his greatest work, The Ring and the ...