Pippa Passes

Kylin Munger Intro to Literature Poetry Analysis Due: 2-23-18 Poetry Analysis: “Daddy” and “How Do I Love Thee” Sylvia Plath was an author in the Modern Era in which she wrote her poem entitled “Daddy” (Plath). In her poem, Plath reflects the Modern Era in which her attitude and words convey the relationship she had with her father. The second author, Elizabeth Barrett Browning with her poem, “How Do I Love Thee” (Barrett Browning) was a poet in the Victorian Era. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem fits into the Victorian Era with the use of archaic language along visual images to describe her love relationship and she will love. Sylvia Plath with her poem, “Daddy,” is apart of the school known as Modernist Poetry. The Modernist Era was a time of political, social, and psychological unrest during the twentieth century. As quoted in one article the Modern Era was a period in which “individuals not only reject the past but also question the very basis of knowledge and consider the possibility that knowledge and concepts once thought to be fixed and objective are instead constantly shifting and subjective,” ("The Twentieth Century, Modernism and Modernity"). Modernist used words as a game and during this people began to realize the differing worldview of people across the nations (“The Twentieth Century, Modernism and Modernity’’). The Modern Era came after World War I which came to have an immense effect on the people of this time causing dissatisfaction with leaders because…

Pippa Passes by Robert Browning is also an example of logos. At the time of the 1800’s, English was still being refined. Dictionaries were still being worked on and the accidently thinking one word meant another definition was not as big of a deal. Bryson chose this word and poem in hopes to show that English has changed since 1841 and stills continue to change today. The reason page 71 and on was chosen was because Bryson uses logos to list the reasons English has changed and elaborates them.…

also an author to many works. This marriage resulted in Browning’s son in 1849. His first work, Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession, was first issued in 1833. It was Browning’s second work that brought about his glorious talents in the literature world (Welcome… np). Paracelsus was the second work that Browning published; however, he felt as though it was a failure, even though he had received many positive reviews and positive friendships from it. Browning later had a real disastrous work…

“My Last Duchess” is an excellent example of Browning’s use of dramatic monologue” (Marie Rose). Browning tests his new form in a long poem he [writes] called, “Pippa Passes” and also two shorter poems called, “Dramatic Lyrics” and “Dramatic Romances”. Generally, written in blank verse, dramatic monologue is the speech of just one person at the time something dramatic is happening. In the start up of his monologue, the speaker reveals what the situation is, as well as the setting of the…

me! There is the grey beginning .Zooks! Browning is very consistent thinker of optimistic philosophy of life. His poetry has immense variety, but his unchanging philosophical view of human destiny gives unity to it. He does not challenge the old dogmas. He accepts the conventional view of God, the immorality of soul, and the Christian belief in incarnation. Browning’s optimism is founded on the realities of life. It is not blind as he does not shut his eyes to the evil prevailing in daily life…