Aurora Leigh

As Elizabeth Barrett Browning begins her own epic poem, the First Book, which focuses on her own childhood, tells us how she was exposed to the world of books and how as a child she dwelt more in...

In the extended discussion of poetry that this Book contains, the narrator discusses what, to her mind, makes good poetry and what detracts from it. In particular, what she finds to be problematic...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's criteria for "good poetry" in Aurora Leigh can be applied to Robert Browning's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by examining its emotional depth, imaginative power,...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh outlines criteria for good poetry, including emotional depth, authenticity, and social relevance. These criteria can be applied to other poems by examining...