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Robert Browning: Poems Study Guide

by Robert Browning

Robert Browning: Poems study guide contains a biography of poet Robert Browning, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis of his major poems.

"My Last Duchess" is narrated by the duke of Ferrara to the envoy of his new intended bride. The duke shows the envoy a painting of his former wife, whom he had killed for having been so flirtatious.

"Porphyria's Lover" is narrated by a man who has murdered his lover Porphyria in order to capture a moment in which they were both happy in love.

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" is a resentful narration by a monk who watches his professed enemy, Brother Lawrence, as the latter plants flowers.

"Home-Thoughts, From Abroad" is a British expatriate's nostalgic thoughts of England, especially of how it must be beautiful in the newly arrived spring.

"Love Among the Ruins" is a contemplation of how a pastoral landscape, where the narrator's beloved is…

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• Robert Browning: Poems Summary
• About Robert Browning: Poems
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Quotes and Analysis
• Summary and Analysis of "A Death in the Desert"
• Summary and Analysis of "Andrea del Sarto (Called 'The Faultless Painter')"
• Summary and Analysis of "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed's Church"
• Summary and Analysis of "Caliban Upon Setebos"
• Summary and Analysis of "Evelyn Hope"
• Summary and Analysis of "Fra Lippo Lippi"
• Summary and Analysis of "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"
• Summary and Analysis of "A Grammarian's Funeral"
• Summary and Analysis of "Home-Thoughts, from Abroad"
• Summary and Analysis of "The Laboratory"
• Summary and Analysis of "Life in a Love"
• Summary and Analysis of "Love Among the Ruins"
• Summary and Analysis of "Meeting At Night"
• Summary and Analysis of "Memorabilia"
• Summary and Analysis of "My Last Duchess"
• Summary and Analysis of "My Star"
• Summary and Analysis of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
• Summary and Analysis of "Porphyria's Lover"
• Summary and Analysis of "Prospice"
• Summary and Analysis of "Rabbi Ben Ezra"
• Summary and Analysis of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"
• Summary and Analysis of "A Toccata of Galuppi's"
• Summary and Analysis of "Two in the Campagna"
• Summary and Analysis of "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"
• About the Victorian Age
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• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• Robert Browning: Poems: Major Themes
• Robert Browning: Poems: Essays
• Robert Browning: Poems: E-Text
• Robert Browning: Poems: Questions
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• Robert Browning: Biography