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    writing some of the most memorable poems ever made, Elizabeth Browning has earned the title as one of the greater poets of our known time. Elizabeth Browning was a great poet of the Victorian era, She was born on March 6, 1806 in England and died on June 29 1861. She was heavily inspired by her own life and love, she often wrote about reflections on her own experiences. Browning has and always will be considered an amazing poet. Browning was a highly talented poet who grew up in a large family…

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    Browning and Ginsberg are two poets whose poems cited, despite obvious differences, share very similar concepts and hold a value of love which overlap one another. It could be said by some of the less observant critics that these poems may perhaps show a fanciful depiction of the true nature of love. Yet, this is clearly untrue, for when both poems are comparatively assessed in accordance with the question. The abstract details which one notices so vividly at first become elements of familiarity…

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    to eliphalet remington. john browning has shown an interest in gun building when he built his brother a gun for his birthday. When John Moses Browning got his first real hand in designing and fabricating his first gun he was only 10, Browning made it out of an old barrel and some scrap wood laying around the shop. Browning used the gun to go hunting some prairie chickens that were roosting around his house. weather it was a overcharge or the rust in the barrel browning and his brother killed 3…

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    objectification of women that Browning suggests makes him unpaired, and unmatchable. Browning’s choice to use these contrasting couplets, then, calls into question the logic of the speaker himself. If there is irony in the physical nature of the poem, does Browning suggest there is an irony that exists in the content of the Duke’s words themselves? It sure seems that way. By contrasting the use of these poetic couplets with the Duke’s words in “My Last Duchess,” Browning is able to bring…

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    people first think of Shakespeare and perhaps Milton as well. A significant writer that is sometimes not always remembered in the spotlight is Robert Browning. Browning in irrefutably the best there ever was at writing and manipulating dramatic monologues. In fact, dramatic monologues can’t even really be brought up or studied without the mention of Browning. Two of Browning's most famous dramatic monologues are My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover. On the surface these two texts may seem very…

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    Elizabeth Barrett Browning is one of the most well-known and admired poets of her period. Some of her well-known works include Sonnets from the Portuguese, The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point, A Musical Instrument, and many more. The Sonnet from the Portuguese is an example of an Italian Sonnet, also known as the Petrarchan sonnet. An Italian Sonnet is a sonnet that includes an octave, eight lines, usually following the rhyming scheme abbaabba. Next, the Italian sonnet transitions into a sextet…

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    Robert Browning, the author of Pied Piper of Hamelin, has written many literary works that have a lasting affect on those who read them. Browning was born May 7, 1812 in a suburb of London. One of Browning’s most famous works, Pied Piper of Hamelin was written near the end of Browning’s career, but was the single piece of literature that made him widely famous. Robert Browning, the author of Pied Piper of Hamelin, not only wrote many famous pieces of literature, but he is also considered an…

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    Elizabeth Barrett Browning is remembered as the most significant female poet of the Victorian era for her ability to passionately blend feminine virtue with social activism, while maintaining a respectable reputation. Barrett Browning was a dedicated wife, mother, human rights advocate, and poet. She was a candidate to replace William Wordsworth in his position of poet laureate, and although she was not chosen, the reality that a female writer in 1850 was considered to speak as a national voice…

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    Police Battalion 101 can be found very early in Ordinary Men. According to author Christopher R. Browning, "They were middle-aged family men of working- and lower middle class background from the city of Hamburg” (1). They were often “considered too old to be of use to the German army” and “Most were raw recruits with no previous experience in German occupied territory” (1). According to author Browning these men were quite different than those who truly believed in the Nazi Agenda such as the…

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    Lover and My Last Duchess) Robert Browning was a wonderful and talented author during the Victorian era. He produced many popular and extraordinary pieces of work throughout his life. One form of literature he is known for today is his dramatic monologues. Two of Browning's famous dramatic monologues include Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess. Browning was not only able to catch the reader's interest with his work, but was able to invoke thought. Browning used the dramatic monologues…

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