Love Among the Ruins (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Browning
- First Published: 1855
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Love or romance, Rural or country life, Sheep, Life, philosophy of, Greek or Roman times, Shepherds, Ruins
The Poem
The design of this poem is similar to that of Robert Browning’s powerful dramatic romance, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” (1855). In each poem a solitary youth, absorbed in his own reflections, is walking through a desolate landscape late in the day and eventually comes to a tower. In “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” however, a sense of ominous foreboding is relentlessly intensified until the very last line, whereas in “Love Among the Ruins” the scene is one of pastoral serenity with no sound but the tinkling of bells as...
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