Robert Browning was a genius when it came to his poetry, many thought him brilliant, yet they were also skeptical of his work because of how dark and disturbing some found it to be. Browning’s work was found to earry and sketchy by many because the treatment of women in multiple of his poems. Some of these poems include “My Last Duchess,” “Life in a Love,” and “Porphyria’s Lover.” Browning’s “My Last Duchess” is found disturbing because of the finale statements made by the speaker and even more so when it is understood who his intended audience is. “Life in a Love” is found to be about a pursued love, one that can’t get away no matter what she does. And the most disturbing of three selections, “Porphyria’s Lover,” is read to be about the
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In this poem, Porphyria has come to see her lover, and it is describe by her lover, the speaker, her actions, as well as his thoughts and actions which leads to a very disturbing text. When Porphyria comes to see her lover, the way the speaker describes it, seems to be a normal occurrence and nothing is out of place or order with the event. Her love for him is proven when she comes through wind and rain just to see him and she told him that she loved him and couldn’t escape her feelings and she gives herself to him for forever. And once she speaks these phrases of love to him he acts out irrationally out of passion, “at last I knew/Porphyria worshipped me; surprise/Made my heart swell, and still it grew/While I debated what to do./That moment she was mine, mine, fair,/Perfectly pure and good: I found/A thing to do, and all her hair/In one long yellow string I wound/Three times her little throat around,/And strangled her” lines 32-41. In moment, his emotions of passion and selfishness changed everything, and he treated her like nothing, or something of possession, unfair to her, and took her life. And the worst part is, he doesn’t even feel bad and one can tell this by the end of the poem when he states, “And yet God has not said a word!” line …show more content…
Browning’s work was found to earry and sketchy by many because the treatment of women in multiple of his poems. Some of these poems include “My Last Duchess,” “Life in a Love,” and “Porphyria’s Lover.” “My Last Duchess” is Browning’s poem that seems to be written with the tone of arrogance because of the speaker’s actions and reasoning in the story he tells throughout the poem. Robert Browning’s poem “Life in Love” the speaker isn’t as crazy and cruel as the last, but is obsessed with his love for a woman and chooses to never let her go. “Porphyria’s Lover” is by far the most disturbing of this selection of Browning’s poetry because the speaker is so direct and his actions are so cruel and unexplainable, it is terrible the way he treats Porphyria. The treatment of the women in Browning’s poetry is that of arrogance, obsession, and
In this poem, Porphyria has come to see her lover, and it is describe by her lover, the speaker, her actions, as well as his thoughts and actions which leads to a very disturbing text. When Porphyria comes to see her lover, the way the speaker describes it, seems to be a normal occurrence and nothing is out of place or order with the event. Her love for him is proven when she comes through wind and rain just to see him and she told him that she loved him and couldn’t escape her feelings and she gives herself to him for forever. And once she speaks these phrases of love to him he acts out irrationally out of passion, “at last I knew/Porphyria worshipped me; surprise/Made my heart swell, and still it grew/While I debated what to do./That moment she was mine, mine, fair,/Perfectly pure and good: I found/A thing to do, and all her hair/In one long yellow string I wound/Three times her little throat around,/And strangled her” lines 32-41. In moment, his emotions of passion and selfishness changed everything, and he treated her like nothing, or something of possession, unfair to her, and took her life. And the worst part is, he doesn’t even feel bad and one can tell this by the end of the poem when he states, “And yet God has not said a word!” line …show more content…
Browning’s work was found to earry and sketchy by many because the treatment of women in multiple of his poems. Some of these poems include “My Last Duchess,” “Life in a Love,” and “Porphyria’s Lover.” “My Last Duchess” is Browning’s poem that seems to be written with the tone of arrogance because of the speaker’s actions and reasoning in the story he tells throughout the poem. Robert Browning’s poem “Life in Love” the speaker isn’t as crazy and cruel as the last, but is obsessed with his love for a woman and chooses to never let her go. “Porphyria’s Lover” is by far the most disturbing of this selection of Browning’s poetry because the speaker is so direct and his actions are so cruel and unexplainable, it is terrible the way he treats Porphyria. The treatment of the women in Browning’s poetry is that of arrogance, obsession, and