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Answered a Question in The Last Ride Together
In some ways this is a typical poem by Browning in that it is a dramatic monologue; this means that Browning is writing in the first person as a created character. The poem is addressed to the... -
Answered a Question in The Last Ride Together
I think that Browning's 'The Last Ride Together' is not what you could traditionally describe as a love poem but rather it explores some of the philosophical ideas behind love. Browning is... -
Answered a Question in The Last Ride Together
Browning's philosophy about love is very interesting in this poem and seems surprisingly modern in that the woman seems to have control, as she has ended the affair. Browning is describing the... -
Answered a Question in Robert Browning
Browning does indeed seem to have a philosophy about success and failure in life. I would suggest that failure for Browning would be in not even trying. This thought appears in a few of his poems... -
Answered a Question in Porphyria's Lover
Both of these poems are dramatic monologues which makes for a good comparison/contrast. The way that they are similar is that both speakers are aware that their love affair is about to... -
Answered a Question in The Last Ride Together
This poem is a dramatic monologue of a rejected lover who expresses his undying love for his beloved. The title gives the idea that this is their last time together and the speaker is... -
Answered a Question in My Last Duchess
Here the Duke is explaining to his guest about the Duchesses' supposed transgressions for which he has her killed; 'I gave commands.' He is suggesting that he did not have the time or patience to... -
Answered a Question in My Last Duchess
Here the Duke (the 'I' of the poem) is showing the picture of the Duchess to his guest and explaining that he alone is allowed to pull back the curtain that covers it from view. He talks... -
Answered a Question in Dover Beach
Sophocles was a Greek writer who wrote plays that explored the human condition. It would seem that Arnold is comparing his speaker to Sophocles as both of them have looked out to sea (he... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
Curley's wife is presented in a mostly unfavourable light and it is interesting that she is never named; it is as though she has no real identity. Like others in the novel... -
Answered a Question in Dover Beach
The poem does consider the ideas of faith and love which are often a feature of Victorian poems. The faith that Arnold refers to is faith in God which has come under attack because of recent... -
Answered a Question in The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church
This poem covers many themes that Browning was fond of such as corruption in the church. If the Bishop was religious, as he should have been, then how does he have sons? This was forbidden by... -
Answered a Question in Fra Lippo Lippi
Like lots of Browning's poems the theme is one of art and specifically whether an artist can ever truly capture a person; 'Can't I take breath and try to add life's flash?' Essentially this is... -
Answered a Question in Porphyria's Lover
Browning's 'Porphyria's Lover' is a dramatic monologue which means it is written in the first person allowing us to see into the mind of the speaker. Clearly as the speaker is a murderer this... -
Answered a Question in Dover Beach
I think that Arnold mentions Sophocles because he was an ancient playwright who understood the tragedies of the characters in his plays much like the speaker understands the tragedy of the loss of... -
Answered a Question in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
I feel that one of the themes is that racism and hatred can ultimately destroy the person who is guilty of it. Bruno's father is happy to kill children of Jewish families and it is the ultimate... -
Answered a Question in The Remains of the Day
The context of the prologue is indeed important because, as you suggest, it marked the end of the Brtish Empire with the Suez Crisis. In Stevens' mind, however, the glory days of the... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
The scene begins when Romeo speaks about the rising sun and compares Juliet to it and says that the moon is 'envious' of Juliet's beauty. Juliet is described as a 'bright... -
Answered a Question in Robert Browning
Browning was indeed a poet closely associated with the dramatic monologue; some more famous examples are 'My Last Duchess', 'Porhyria's Lover' and 'The Laboratory'. The reason he often chose... -
Answered a Question in My Last Duchess
One of the key similiarities between the poems is that they are both dramatic monologues. In other words Browning is creating a character that is speaking to someone else and we as...