The Lover

someone’s point of view of his/her life or anything, poems are able to do so much with so little. Such is how famous poet of the 19th century Robert Browning managed to do with his writings. Through his writings of My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover, we will look upon the way that he believes men would become alongside women. Replaced for stronger than interesting To start it off, let’s discuss about how Browning’s men view their woman as an object. In My Last Duchess, the duke decided to…

Duchess and Porphyria's Lover 'My Last Duchess' and 'Porphyria's Lover' are poems written by Robert Browning in the form of a dramatic monologue. They both contain themes…

patriarchal, power structure that exists between her and her lover. The incessant repetition of “I was not” or “I did not” undermines the strength of these assertions however, as the speaker’s choice to state “I was not blind” rather than “I could see” illustrates her struggle to describe what she is. Moreover, the above passage assumes an anxious, uncertain tone as the speaker’s reassertion suggests that she needs to convince herself rather than her lover. Asserting her sight once is not…

THE MOIST AIR absorbed into her skin and made her hair even more frizzy. She looked over shoulder, to see a group of people gathering around a large bonfire. She skipped over, her fingers wrapped around her opposing wrist as she watched people let out hollers as some girl winced, her wrist band falling into the flames making them roar even higher into the dark sky. Summer watched as they popped wristband after wristband off. She picked at her lips with her fingers, anxiety crawling up her throat…

/ Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, / Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad / Made to his mistress’ eyebrow.” (II.vii.141-48) Jaques is defining all the stages of man. Though these stages may be overgeneralized, they hold truth to them. The first line begins by telling the reader that a man will play seven roles in his life and each man will have the same roles. He believes the seven stages to be a puking child, a whining schoolboy, a young lover, a soldier, a leader, a rash old…

Sympathy softened Booker’s expression. He remembered too well the first time a man had ejaculated in his mouth. He was sixteen years old and still coming to terms with his sexuality. When the first spurt of warm, salty fluid had coated his tongue, his gag reflex had kicked in and he’d instinctively jerked away. But before he could spit it out, the second, third, and fourth eruption had covered his lips in thick, creamy semen. If that wasn’t mortifying enough, the high school jock’s reaction…

Many ages ago, there lived a Legend of two powerful entities: Land and Sky. The union of the two gave rise to the spirits of the four elements. These spirits, or four daughters, each held distinct tremendous natural power, shaping the planet known as Bhumiya. Earth created the mountains and rich soil. Water created the rivers, lakes, and sea. Fire burnt ragged landscapes for new growth to occur. Wind breathed life into the living creatures that walked upon the earth. Wind spirit, whose name was…

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…

Date: April 12, 2016 Part one. Short answers. 5 @ 10 = 50 points. 1. Robert Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover” – discuss the gothic elements by quoting specific lines from the poem: Setting: The setting was a dark gloomy stormy night. The narrator, Porphyria Lover, states “The rain set early in to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake…” Character: The primary character were Porphyria and her mysterious lover which was basically the narrator in the poem. The narrator states “Murmuring how she loved…

Furthermore, in "When I have Fears," John Keats displays his desires to achieve fame and love, but becomes defeated upon realization that his dreams will remain as dreams and nothing more. Lastly, in Robert Browning's poem, "Porphyria's Lover," he conveys Porphyria's lover strangling Porphyria due to his desire to withhold the love he received from her. Although desire can encourage…