Robert Browning preached a gospel of hope and courage through his poems. He believed in the philosophy of optimism. He had ardent faith in God and he always looked on the bright side of the picture and constantly preached a message of hope and courage. He even glorified failures and believes that our failures in this world would be transformed into success in the next world. According to Browning, “God is in heaven and all’s right with the world.” The failures of life are the stepping stones to a cycle of better lives in the future. Browning’s world is majestic and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as he is adamant sanguine. Undoubtedly, Browning’s poetry is embodiment of optimism and faith.
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He says: Who knows but the world may end tonight?
Poet is contented with one last ride together with his beloved. He says;
All men strive and who succeeds? Browning’s firm faith in God is beyond any doubt. He is never skeptical about the existence of God controlling the world. Even his knaves have firm faith in God, and rely upon his mercy. They constantly talk of their relation with God, and are sure of their ultimate union with him. It is love which harmonizes all living beings. It is on love that all Browning’s characters build their faith saying:
“God, Thou art Love I build my faith on that”
Browning’s optimism finds the passion of joy. No one has sung more fervently than Browning of the delight of life. So we can safely conclude that Browning speaks out the strongest words of optimistic faith in his Victorian age of skepticism and pessimism. Of all English Poets, no other is so completely, so consciously, so magnificently a teacher of man as is Browning. However, according to modern criticism, in certain cases, Browning’s optimism can be interpreted as false or hollow optimism. Bur despite all this we call him as an optimist because of his firm faith in
KEY WORDS: Optimism, philosophy, Victorian, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious …show more content…
He says: Who knows but the world may end tonight?
Poet is contented with one last ride together with his beloved. He says;
All men strive and who succeeds? Browning’s firm faith in God is beyond any doubt. He is never skeptical about the existence of God controlling the world. Even his knaves have firm faith in God, and rely upon his mercy. They constantly talk of their relation with God, and are sure of their ultimate union with him. It is love which harmonizes all living beings. It is on love that all Browning’s characters build their faith saying:
“God, Thou art Love I build my faith on that”
Browning’s optimism finds the passion of joy. No one has sung more fervently than Browning of the delight of life. So we can safely conclude that Browning speaks out the strongest words of optimistic faith in his Victorian age of skepticism and pessimism. Of all English Poets, no other is so completely, so consciously, so magnificently a teacher of man as is Browning. However, according to modern criticism, in certain cases, Browning’s optimism can be interpreted as false or hollow optimism. Bur despite all this we call him as an optimist because of his firm faith in