Essay On Elizabeth Barrett Browning

There is a fine line between what an artist wants to say and what he or she actually composes. What makes poetry desirable to read is that it is philosophically attractive to a reader whether as a whole or just a piece. Elizabeth Barrett Browning is one author who I feel hides messages in her complex yet simple Sonnets. She takes a realm of surreal thinking and succumbs to a deep pool of intellect that a reader needs to reread several times to get a full in depth meaning and understanding of her work. I would like to analyze three pieces of art she has published in order to convey to you that what she writes on the paper physically may not be what she entails mentally Symbolizes play a big part in deferring literal and interpretation. Taking a look at Browning 's life she was an Italian from Florence. She wrote herself in her poems …show more content…
“The theme is that love is not an earthly concept but an eternal, everlasting thing that lasts well beyond the cold grave. The poem is not related to how she loves or why, but just the way in which she does so; freely and purely. They had never met but they were just expressing how much they loved each other and this is one of the love poems that they shared. She defines herself with the ways she love Robert. She certainly would not be the speaker of the poem without her love, or her beloved. This actually what makes this poem very sensitive. Besides her love to Robert she actually has admiration toward him.” (Eliteskills.com) Looking back on Browning’s life it is understood that she had a rough road between her and her father. I feel she does not confront him in anyway other than poetry. Other than her undying love for her husband I feel she writes her poetry to prove to her father that her love is real and to show him that she is doing just fine with the man he had