Jan 6, 2010

A Grammarian’s Funeral | A Grammarian’s Funeral

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Author: Robert Browning
First Published: 1855
Type of Work: Elegy
Genres: Poetry, Elegy
Subjects: Intellectuals, Death or dying, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Life and death, Greece or Greek people, Mountains, Tombs or graves, Grammar

The Poem

Robert Browning’s “A Grammarian’s Funeral,” subtitled “Shortly After the Revival of Learning in Europe,” is a funeral elegy in four stanzas. It is written in the first-person plural, suggesting either a group or a single person speaking for a group. It is important to bear in mind the distance between the speaking persona of the poem and the poet himself; throughout “A Grammarian’s Funeral,” Browning is careful to include elements that make the reader question the objectivity and accuracy of the speaker’s (or speakers’) observations.

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A Grammarian’s Funeral | A Grammarian’s Funeral

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The Poem

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